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pan-and-scan

pan-and-scan is the alternative form of pan and scan.

Meaning of pan and scan

Adjective

pan and scan (not comparable)

  1. Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.
    • Paul disdained pan and scan DVD releases, always holding out for the widescreen special editions.

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Questions about pan-and-scan

What is pan-and-scan the alternative form of?
Pan-and-scan is the alternative form of pan and scan.

Words near pan-and-scan in the dictionary

  1. Pan-Am smile
  2. Pan-Am smiles
  3. Pan-American
  4. Pan-Americanism
  5. pan-Amerindianism
  6. pan-and-scan
  7. Pan-Anglican
  8. pan-aortitis
  9. Pan-Arabism
  10. Pan-Armenian
  11. Pan-Asian

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