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scan line

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The line produced on a recording medium frame by a single sweep of a scanner.


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The pixel cells of this new technology have transistor electrodes that prevent the scan lines from appearing in the tv screen.
Viewing distance for an LCD or plasma TV will be less than it would be for a cathode ray television because high resolution displays reduce the visibility of scan lines; with few scan lines, viewing distance can be made narrower, because the viewer will not notice the scan lines.
More data faster Laser scanners project a line of light onto surfaces while cameras continuously triangulate the changing distance and profile of the laser scan line as it sweeps over the contours of the object.
 
 
 
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