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descan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
des-can
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan.

Etymology

From de- + scan.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

descans (present, singular) descanning (participle, present) descanned (participle, past) descanned (past)

Questions

What does descan mean?
To reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan.
Where does descan come from?
From de- + scan.

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