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mechanical scanning

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noun

  1. Electronics.  a technique for varying the sector covered by a transmitting or receiving antenna by rotating it.

  2. Television.  a technique, formerly used in televising, for scanning by means of a scanning disk.

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The feeling is different, the tone-color of the voice not the same, and the whole expression differs, though in a mechanical scanning they seem nearly alike.

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