jitter

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As expected the recompress introduced more artifacts but to my horror the jitter was still there and I had deleted the originals.

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  1. intransitive verb To be nervous or uneasy; fidget.
  2. intransitive verb To make small quick jumpy movements. The pictures on the wall jitter whenever a truck drives by.
  3. noun A jittering movement; a tic.

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  • This is a key feature, as voice in particular is always the most susceptible to potential problems, such as jitter or latency, which affect call quality. —  Law.com - Newswire
  • Fast and accurate motion detection in the presence of camera jitter is known to be a difficult problem. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • As expected the recompress introduced more artifacts but to my horror the jitter was still there and I had deleted the originals. —  VideoHelp.com Forum
  • Featuring low jitter*2 and low phase noise*3, these oscillators are ideal for PCI Express*4 and FB-DIMM*5 applications. —  WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • A metric used to express jitter, phase jitter is a value found by integrating phase noise across an offset frequency in a predetermined range. —  WebWire | Recent Headlines
 

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