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FAN-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fan-shaped mean?
• FAN-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective FAN-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. shaped in the form of a fan
Familiarity information: FAN-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped in the form of a fan
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Context examples
An artifact that occurs as the number of sections acquired per rotation increases and the x-ray beam becomes cone-shaped rather than fan-shaped.
(Cone-beam Effect Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)
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