Definition of jitter - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
nervous movementintr. move nervously with small, quick movementsintr.
- He began to jitter as the exam started.
2.
data visualizationtr. TECH. randomly adjust data points to prevent overlaptr. TECH.
- The software can jitter the points for better clarity.
Noun
1.
psychologynervous action or tic
- He had a jitter in his left eye.
2.
electronicsTECH. small rapid variations in a waveformTECH.
- The audio had noticeable jitter.
3.
technologyTECH. unwanted variation in signal characteristicsTECH.
- The video call had a lot of jitter.
4.
data visualizationTECH. random positioning of data points to avoid overlapTECH.
- Jitter helps in making the graph clearer.
5.
technologyTECH. program that performs just-in-time compilationTECH.
- The jitter improved the program's performance.
Origin of jitter
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Examples of jitter in a sentence
Her hands jittered as she spoke. Analysts jitter the data to reveal trends. To avoid clutter, jitter the overlapping points. Her nervousness was evident in the jitter of her hands. The jitter in his voice betrayed his anxiety. The video signal suffered from jitter issues.
Engineers worked to minimize jitter in the system. The audio stream suffered from jitter. Network jitter caused delays in data transmission. The scatter plot uses jitter to separate overlapping points. Applying jitter can enhance the readability of dense data. The runtime uses a jitter to compile hot code. A faster jitter reduced startup delays.
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- French:s'agiter, tic, ...
- German:zittern, Zucken, ...
- Italian:agitarsi, tic, ...
- Spanish:moverse nerviosamente, tic, ...
- Portuguese:tremer, tique, ...
- Chinese:颤抖, 紧张动作, ...
- Japanese:そわそわする, 神経質な動き, ...
- Arabic:اِرْتَجَفَ, رَفَّة عَصَبِيَّة, ...
- Hebrew:לִרְעוֹד, טִיק, ...
- Russian:нервно двигаться, нервный тик, ...
- Ukrainian:тремтіти, тик, ...
- Hindi:घबराना, झटका, ...
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