overranging
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of scanning beyond the boundaries of what is being imaged, usually in order to accurately reconstruct the edges of that region.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "To reconstruct the first and last sections of a helical computed tomographic (CT) scan, the scan length is automatically extended beyond the planned image boundaries, a phenomenon known as overranging."
- "Overranging allows a DVM to measure voltage values above the normal decade transfer points without the necessity of having to change ranges."
- "Overranging was instituted to take full advantage of the upper limits of a range . It also provides better accuracy at the top of a range ."
- "In helical scanning, exposure is needed before the start and after the end of the planned scan range in order to reconstruct images at these positions [46]. This overranging requires at least one extra gantry rotation, even though only a small portion of this data is utilised for image reconstruction."
Etymology
From over- + ranging.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over