jitter

/ˈdʒɪt.ə(ɹ)/

noun

  1. 1

    A nervous action; a tic.

  2. 2

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

    “That creepy movie gave me the jitters.”
  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

verb

  1. 1

    To be nervous.

  2. 2

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

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.

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