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scan period — The period taken by a radar to complete a scan pattern and return to a starting point … Aviation dictionary
scan — [14] Latin scandere meant ‘climb’ (it has given English ascend and descend). In the postclassical period it was used metaphorically for ‘analyse the rising and falling rhythm of poetry’, and it was in this sense that it passed into English as… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
scan — [14] Latin scandere meant ‘climb’ (it has given English ascend and descend). In the postclassical period it was used metaphorically for ‘analyse the rising and falling rhythm of poetry’, and it was in this sense that it passed into English as… … Word origins
Nuchal scan — A nuchal scan is a sonographic prenatal screening scan (ultrasound) to help identify higher risks of chromosomal defects including Down s syndrome in a fetus, particularly for older women who have higher risks of such pregnancies. High thickness… … Wikipedia
Blip-to-scan ratio — In radar systems, the blip to scan ratio, or blip/scan, is the ratio of the number of times a target appears on a radar display to the number of times it could have been seen. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/blip scan ratio?cat=technology blip… … Wikipedia
MUGA scan — (multiple gated acquisition scan) a technique used in nuclear medicine for studying the left ventricular function and wall motion of the heart. The patients s red cells are labelled with radioactive technetium 99m. A gamma camera, connected to an … Medical dictionary
MUGA scan — multiple gated acquisition scan a technique used in nuclear medicine for studying the left ventricular function and wall motion of the heart. The patient s red cells are labelled with radioactive technetium 99m. A gamma camera, connected to an… … The new mediacal dictionary
fly-back period — The time during which CRT (cathode ray tube) electron beams return from the end of one line to the start of the next when in raster scan mode. The return of a scanning beam to the starting point after completing a line or a frame is called fly… … Aviation dictionary
Samuel Chappuzeau — (1625 1701) was a French scholar, author, poet and playwright whose best known work today is Le Théâtre François , a description of French Theatre in the 17th century.Samuel’s play Le Cercle des Femmes is widely regarded as one of the main… … Wikipedia
Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… … Wikipedia
