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Noun

1. A [[visual]] [[defect]] in a [[video]] [[signal]], manifesting as animated [[checkerboard]] [[pattern]]s that appear along horizontal colour [[transition]]s (vertical edges), and caused by [[intermodulation]] or [[crosstalk]] between [[chrominance]] and [[luminance]] [[component]]s of the signal.

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