pans and scans

A form of pan and scan — Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of pan and scan
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