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scanpath

scanpath noun: the path followed by the viewer's eyes when reading a document or observing a scene.

Noun

scanpath (plural scanpaths)

  1. The path followed by the viewer's eyes when reading a document or observing a scene.
    • We conclude that inhibitory tagging is a viable mechanism for dynamical planning of scanpaths.2016, Lars O. M. Rothkegel, Heiko H. Schütt, Hans A. Trukenbrod, Felix A. Wichmann, Ralf Engbert, “Influence of initial fixation position in scene viewing”, in arXiv

Forms of scanpath

pluralscanpaths

Origin of scanpath

From scan + path.

Questions about scanpath

What does scanpath mean?
Scanpath means the path followed by the viewer's eyes when reading a document or observing a scene.
What part of speech is scanpath?
Scanpath is a noun.
What is the plural of scanpath?
The plural of scanpath is scanpaths.

Words near scanpath in the dictionary

  1. scanographic
  2. scanography
  3. scanometric
  4. scanos
  5. scanout
  6. scanpath
  7. scanpaths
  8. scanRNA
  9. scanRNAs
  10. scans
  11. scanscope

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