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Meaning of jitter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

jitter

Pronunciation:/ˈdʒɪt.ə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

  1. A nervous action; a tic.

  2. (chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.

    Example: That creepy movie gave me the jitters.

  3. An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.

  4. (data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.

verb

Definitions

  1. To be nervous.

  2. (data visualization) To randomly position of data points to avoid visual overlap.