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descan

descan verb: to reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan.

Verb

descan (third-person singular simple present descans, present participle descanning, simple past and past participle descanned)

  1. (microscopy) To reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan.

Forms of descan

third-person singular presentdescans
present participledescanning
past participledescanned
pastdescanned

Origin of descan

From de- + scan.

Questions about descan

What does descan mean?
Descan means to reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan.
What part of speech is descan?
Descan is a verb.
What is the past tense of descan?
The past tense of descan is descanned.

Words near descan in the dictionary

  1. descalers
  2. descales
  3. descaling
  4. descalings
  5. Descalzi
  6. descan
  7. descanning
  8. descanso
  9. descansos
  10. descant
  11. descant recorder

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