Dithering
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who dithers.
"Even though it became clear as early as 1766 that a separate policy for Quebec was required, eight long years of delays and ditherings lay between that recognition and actual legislation in the Quebec Act."
- 2 the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of dither form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Even while I was dithering it's like I was being backed further and further into a corner."
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