English Dictionary

shimmer

/ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/

noun

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining. / (signal processing) A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

The shimmer of the stars in the night sky was breathtaking.

意味（1）

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

I shut the closet, to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment.

意味（2）

(signal processing) A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

Coordinate term: jitter