Delay vs. Dither

Delaynoun

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

‘the delay before the echo of a sound’;

Ditherverb

To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.

Delaynoun

(music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.

Ditherverb

To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.

Delayverb

To put off until a later time; to defer.

Ditherverb

To do something nervously.

Delayverb

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.

‘The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.’;

Ditherverb

(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns to approximate (the features of) colors not in the system palette.

Delayverb

(obsolete) To allay; to temper.

Ditherverb

To intentionally add noise to a signal to randomize errors.

Delayverb

(obsolete) To dilute, temper.

Dithernoun

The state of being undecided.

Delayverb

(obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

Dithernoun

A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data.

Delaynoun

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

‘Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat.’; ‘The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day.’;

Dithernoun

(computer graphics) The use of dot patterns to approximate colors not available in the palette.

Delayverb

To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

‘My lord delayeth his coming.’;

Dithernoun

an excited state of agitation;

‘he was in a dither’; ‘there was a terrible flap about the theft’;

Delayverb

To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

‘Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayedThe huddling brook to hear his madrigal.’;

Ditherverb

act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain

Delayverb

To allay; to temper.

‘The watery showers delay the raging wind.’;

Ditherverb

make a fuss; be agitated

Delayverb

To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

‘There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.’;

Dither

Dither is an intentionally applied form of noise used to randomize quantization error, preventing large-scale patterns such as color banding in images. Dither is routinely used in processing of both digital audio and video data, and is often one of the last stages of mastering audio to a CD. A common use of dither is converting a grayscale image to black and white, such that the density of black dots in the new image approximates the average gray-level in the original.

Delaynoun

time during which some action is awaited;

‘instant replay caused too long a delay’; ‘he ordered a hold in the action’;

Delaynoun

the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

Delayverb

cause to be slowed down or delayed;

‘Traffic was delayed by the bad weather’; ‘she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform’;

Delayverb

act later than planned, scheduled, or required;

‘Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered’;

Delayverb

stop or halt;

‘Please stay the bloodshed!’;

Delayverb

slow the growth or development of;

‘The brain damage will retard the child's language development’;

Delayverb

make (someone or something) late or slow

‘the train was delayed’;

Delayverb

be late or slow; loiter

‘time being of the essence, they delayed no longer’;

Delayverb

postpone or defer (an action)

‘he may decide to delay the next cut in interest rates’;

Delaynoun

a period of time by which something is late or postponed

‘a two-hour delay’; ‘long delays in obtaining passports’;

Delaynoun

the action of delaying or being delayed

‘I set off without delay’;

Delaynoun

the time interval between the propagation of an electrical signal and its reception.

Delaynoun

an electronic device which introduces a delay, especially in an audio signal.