jitter
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This technology reduces something known as timing jitter, which is small, random changes in the timing of microwave signals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
"It also did not show jitter from jets as a result of uneven sublimation of ice on its surface, nor a substantial evolution in its spin period, as often witnessed for evaporating comets."
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2023
“You’ve got tighter images; you’ve got less jitter; the detectors are performing a bit better,” Beichman says.
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2022
Although most of the yearly jitter is due to events like hurricanes and earthquakes, a tiny-but-regular 6-year wobble in day length has emerged.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2022
He gunned the engine and the J-3 began to jitter and lean forward, and once it started rolling down the runway it quickly picked up speed.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
