Jitter

noun

/ˈdʒɪt.ə(ɹ)/

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA nervous action; a tic.

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

"That creepy movie gave me the jitters."

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

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

5.verbTo be nervous.

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

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