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1. The process of representing intermediate colours by patterns of tiny coloured dots that simulate the desired colour

1. Act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
    
2. Make a fuss; be agitated
   - flap, pother
    
3. (computing) to smooth jagged edges of a curve by placing shaded pixels between the pixels that make up the curve, usually done by graphics programs
    
4. (computing) to create a new colour by displaying a fine pattern of coloured pixels that appears to the eye as a new colour; for example, a pattern of black and white pixels equally spaced would appear as grey

Derived forms: ditherings

Type of: fret, fuss, niggle, stew [informal], video digitising [Brit], video digitizing

Encyclopedia: Dithering