jitter
Example Sentences
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Reducing timing jitter on a small scale reduces power usage and makes it more usable in everyday devices.
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 had seen Miss Bessie jitter away from P. T., but that was different.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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