dot crawl

noun

A visual defect in a video signal, manifesting as animated checkerboard patterns that appear along horizontal colour transitions (vertical edges), and caused by intermodulation or crosstalk between chrominance and luminance components of the signal.

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Meanings

noundot crawl (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA visual defect in a video signal, manifesting as animated checkerboard patterns that appear along horizontal colour transitions (vertical edges), and caused by intermodulation or crosstalk between chrominance and luminance components of the signal.
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APA

dot crawl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dot%20crawl

MLA

“dot crawl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dot%20crawl. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dot crawl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dot%20crawl.

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