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underscan

underscan noun: the situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations).

Noun

underscan (uncountable)

  1. The situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations).

Origin of underscan

From under- + scan.

Questions about underscan

What does underscan mean?
Underscan means the situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations).
What part of speech is underscan?
Underscan is a noun.

Words near underscan in the dictionary

  1. undersawyer
  2. undersawyers
  3. undersay
  4. undersaying
  5. undersays
  6. underscan
  7. underscarf
  8. underscarfs
  9. underscarves
  10. underscent
  11. underscents

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