"scan line" meaning in All languages combined

See scan line on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: scan lines [plural], scanline [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scan line (plural scan lines)
  1. (electronics) One of the horizontal lines that compose a raster scanning pattern, as on a television or computer display.
  2. (computing) A single row of pixels in a raster graphics image.
    Sense id: en-scan_line-en-noun-ZlOzJIdW Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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