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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: eponyms: Was Prufrock a dithering Walter Mitt #151552 12/06/2005 7:25 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Yes. Sometimes you see the term in Printer Properties. "Dithering is the process of juxtaposing pixels of two colors to create the illusion that a third color is present." http://www.webstyleguide.com/graphics/dither.html][/url] I hadn't connected the word with its older meaning until now. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted eponyms: Was Prufrock a dithering Walter Mitty? wwwayne 12/05/2005 6:50 PM Re: eponyms: Was Prufrock a dithering Walter Mitt Faldage 12/05/2005 11:48 PM Re: eponyms: Was Prufrock a dithering Walter Mitt wofahulicodoc 12/06/2005 4:50 PM Re: eponyms: Was Prufrock a dithering Walter Mitt Owlbow 12/06/2005 7:25 PM Re: eponyms: Was Prufrock a dithering Walter Mitt Buffalo Shrdlu 12/06/2005 7:53 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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