dither

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
2. To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
3. To do something nervously.
4. To render an approximation of (an image or graphic) by using dot patterns to simulate the appearance of colors or shades not in the system palette.
5. To intentionally add noise to a signal to randomize errors.

hesitate

vacillate

petulance

be uncertain

be in two minds

be indecisive

by extension

high-frequency vibration

woffle

higher-mode vibration

agitated

high frequency vibrator

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈdɪðə/

Variant of didder, from Middle English dideren (“to tremble”). Compare Middle English bididren, bididdren (“to seduce, deceive”), from Old English bedidrian, bedyderian (“to deceive, trick”). Alternatively, perhaps with expressive voicing from *titeren, from Proto-Germanic *titrōną. If so a doublet of teeter and cognate with Old High German zittarōn (German zittern) and Old Norse titra (Faroese titra, Icelandic titra). Alternatively an unrelated reduplicative onomatopoeia.