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progressive scan

progressive scan noun: a method of displaying or transmitting an image or film in which all horizontal lines of a frame are drawn in sequence.

Noun

progressive scan (uncountable)

  1. A method of displaying or transmitting an image or film in which all horizontal lines of a frame are drawn in sequence.

Synonyms of progressive scan

Questions about progressive scan

What does progressive scan mean?
Progressive scan means a method of displaying or transmitting an image or film in which all horizontal lines of a frame are drawn in sequence.
What part of speech is progressive scan?
Progressive scan is a noun.

Words near progressive scan in the dictionary

  1. progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  2. progressive overload
  3. progressive overloads
  4. progressive rap
  5. progressive rock
  6. progressive scan
  7. progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy
  8. progressive stack
  9. progressive stacks
  10. progressive supper
  11. progressive suppers

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