Word: underscan
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
scan
Definition: The situation where a video image does not fill the entire screen but is surrounded by a border (originally caused by manufacturing variations).
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: scan
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An instance of scanning.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: scannen
Language: enm
Decoded: scannen
Meaning: to mark off verse to show metrical structure