chattering

chattering

1. present participle and gerund of chatter

chattering (not comparable)

1. That chatters

chattering (plural chatterings)

1. A noise that chatters.
   • 2007 August 14, Ingfei Chen, “The Beam of Light That Flips a Switch That Turns on the Brain”, in New York Times‎:

     That speed mimics the natural electrical chatterings of the brain, said Dr. Karl Deisseroth, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford.

2. Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.

• ratcheting