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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Jaggies /jag'eez/ n. The `stairstep' effect observable when an edge (esp. a linear edge of very shallow or steep slope) is rendered on a pixel device (as opposed to a vector display). Source: Jargon File. |
Electrical Engineering | The stair-step aliasing that appears on diagonal lines. Caused by insufficient filtering, violation of the Nyquist theory, and/or poor interpolation. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Note: jaggies should not be confused with compression artifacts, which are a different phenomenon.
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Crosswords: JAGGIES |
| Specialty definitions using "JAGGIES": staircasing. (references) |
| "JAGGIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "JAGGIES" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "JAGGIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | dents de scie, crénelage des contours. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Zacken (beak, conk, indentation, jag, jagged peak, jags, peak, pink, point, prong, prongs, serrate, tooth). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | seghettature. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aggiesjay dentado (dentate, indented, jagged, jaggy, serrate, serrated, toothed). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "JAGGIES": jaggiest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-i-j-s" | |
-1 letter: aggies. | |
-2 letters: aegis, aggie, gages, gigas, jaggs. | |
-3 letters: ages, eggs, egis, gaes, gage, gags, gies, giga, gigs, jagg, jags, jigs, sage. | |
-4 letters: age, ais, egg, gae, gag, gas, gie, gig, jag, jig, sae, sag, sea, seg, sei. | |
-5 letters: ae, ag, ai, as, es, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-i-j-s" | |
+1 letter: jaggiest. | |
+2 letters: jaggaries, jaggeries. | |
+3 letters: jaggheries. | |
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