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interscan

interscan adjective: occurring between scans.

Adjective

interscan (not comparable)

  1. Occurring between scans.
    • The AutoSpec full-scan duration was 0.8 s plus 0.2 s interscan delay over a mass range of 50 to 600 Da.2009 February 5, Gordon D. Love et al., “Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7230, →DOI, pages 718–721

Origin of interscan

From inter- + scan.

Questions about interscan

What does interscan mean?
Interscan means occurring between scans.
What part of speech is interscan?
Interscan is an adjective.

Words near interscan in the dictionary

  1. intersatellite
  2. interscalar
  3. interscale
  4. interscalene
  5. interscalenic
  6. interscan
  7. interscanner
  8. interscapilium
  9. interscapular
  10. interscapularly
  11. interscapulars

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