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helical scan

British  

noun

  1. (modifier) denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix

    a helical-scan tape

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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