spin-scanadj.n.
/ˈspɪnskan/ A. adj.
Applied to devices whose scanning motion is provided by the rotation of the craft carrying them.
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1967 Electronics 6 Mar. 73 (advt.) SB RC also built the spin-scan camera that has been sending back high~resolution black-and-white photos of the earth's cloud cover.
1979 Sci. Amer. Nov. 21 (advt.) The satellite's ‘camera’ is a visible-infrared spin-scan radiometer.
B. n.
A scan performed or produced by such a device. Also attributive.
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1972 Space Research XII. 1768 Television would have taken a shorter exposure (a fraction of a second, compared with several minutes for a spin scan).
1974 Science 25 Jan. 318/2 A 2·5 centimeter telescope aboard Pioneer 10 is capable of making two-dimensional spin-scan maps..at high resolution.
1974 Nature 6 Sept. 18/1 The most striking early results were the hundreds of photographs that resulted from the spin-scans of the planet, giving higher resolution pictures of the planet than had previously been possible.
Derivatives
ˈspin-scanning adj.
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spin-scan1967
spin-scanning1972
1972 Space Research XII. 1765 A summary description is made of spin-scanning devices for various space missions.
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