Usually means: Indecision causing delay in action.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. dither: Merriam-Webster
  2. dither: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dither: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dither: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dither: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dither, dither: Wordnik
  7. dither: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dither: Wiktionary
  9. dither: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dither: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dither: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dither: Dictionary.com
  13. dither: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dither: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dither (album), Dither (disambiguation), Dither: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. dither: Rhymezone
  17. dither: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. dither: FreeDictionary.org
  19. dither: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. dither: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. dither: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dither: Graphic Design Dictionary

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  3. dither: Encyclopedia

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  1. dither: Idioms

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  1. dither: Urban Dictionary

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(Note: See dithered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (literally) To tremble, shake, or shiver.
verb:  (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
verb:  To do something nervously.
verb:  (electronics, technology, signal processing) To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
verb:  (computer graphics) To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
verb:  To intentionally add noise to a signal to remove artifacts caused by digitization.
noun:  Trembling, shaking, or shivering.
noun:  A state of nervous excitement.
noun:  The state of being undecided; indecision; vacillation.
noun:  (electronics, technology, signal processing) Any algorithm applied to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
noun:  A form of noise intentionally added to remove artifacts caused by digitization.
noun:  (computer graphics) The use of dot patterns in an image or graphic to approximate colors not available in the system palette.

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