jerkiness

jerky | American Dictionary

jerky
noun[ U ]
us/ˈdʒɜr·ki/

jerkynoun[U] (FOOD)

strips of dried, salty meat:
beef jerky
jerky
adjective
us/ˈdʒɜr·ki/

jerkyadjective (MOVEMENT)

of, relating to, or being a short, sudden movement or someone or something moving in this way:
The film had jerky, Chaplinesque motion, and the audio was out of sync with the video.

Examples of jerky

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However, this is neither possible due to driver torque limitations, nor desirable due to jerky motion of the tool.
A gently jerky toccata follows, as flute and strings chuck phrases at each other.
However, sometimes children dabbed at the xylophone with smaller, quicker, more jerky and less regular movements.
The final path is always smooth conformal to the objectives, so that the robot can follow it, avoiding jerky motions.
Sustained eye contact makes its appearance, too, replacing the jerky eye movements of the newborn period, and infants stay awake for longer periods of time.
If you can concentrate on a single grain, you will see that it follows a somewhat jerky and erratic path.
One of the boys performs robot-like jerky motions with his arms, on the side of his body, alternatively moving up and down from the elbows.
One operator prefers smooth hand motion with larger amplitudes and another more "jerky" motion.
If you can concentrate on a single particle, you will see that it follows a somewhat jerky and erratic path.
Throughout, the percussiveness is jerky, but also insistent, as if trying to create an object that is both resistant, mass-ive, and also something that exists only to be pummelled away.
Students are encouraged to explore the shared space, and to concentrate on how their bodies are moving: their movements should be graceful and smooth, not jerky or agitated.
Observe the difference between this growth component and the jerkier data.
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