Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scan line

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: scan -line
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the horizontal lines that compose a raster scanning pattern, as on a television or computer display.

noun

A single row of pixels in a raster graphics image.

Inflected Forms

scan lines (plural) scanline (alternative)

Questions

What does scan line mean?: One of the horizontal lines that compose a raster scanning pattern, as on a television or computer display.

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