Definition of Dithering

1. Noun. The process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color.

Generic synonyms: Video Digitizing

Definition of Dithering

1. Verb. (present participle of dither) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dithering

1. dither [v] - See also: dither

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dithering

dithecal
dithecous
ditheism
ditheisms
ditheist
ditheistic
ditheists
dithematic
dither
dithered
dithered color
dithered colour
ditherer
ditherers
ditherier
dithering (current term)
dithers
dithery
dithiane
dithianes
dithiatopazine
dithiazanine
dithiazanine iodide
dithiazole
dithiepane
dithiepine
dithiepines
dithietane
dithietanes
dithiin

Literary usage of Dithering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"To produce intermediate gray levels, spatial dithering or temporal dithering, or a combination of the two, must be used. For spatial dithering, a fraction ..."

2. SAS(R) Component Language 9.1:: Reference, Volumes 1 and 2 by SAS Institute (2004)
"... because the reader is much faster when scaling down the output. selects the specific type of dithering to use color quantization; mode can be 0 FS ..."

3. SAS/GRAPH 9.1 Reference by SAS Institute (2004)
"DITHER=mode selects the specific type of dithering to use color quantization; mode can be 0 FS — Floyd-Steinberg dithering 0 ORDERED — ordered dithering PBM ..."

4. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"EL DITHER. To tremble or shiver with cold. See DIDDER. LHHI'. EAD Needy labour dithering stands, Beats and blows his numbing hands. ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
""'But/ said dithering; 'but—I thought you didn't want Home Kule.' 'We don't. We won't have it at any price/ 'But that is Home Rule of the most extreme kind. ..."

6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"See dithering Grass. Grass, Dodder, or Doddering. See Dodder Grass and Doddering Grass. Grass, Doddle. See Doddle Grass. Grass, Dog. See Dog Grass. ..."

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