panning

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of moving a pan back and forth over an area to search for or extract material, such as gold.

  - "He spent hours panning for gold in the river."
  - "The prospectors used panning to find gold in the creeks."

• Noun

  A broadcasting technique used in radio and television where the focus shifts between different events or topics.

  - "The news program used panning to cover multiple stories."
  - "The director used panning to show the entire scene."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with panning
wanning , anning , manning

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Variants

List of all variants of panning that leads to same result
pan , panned , panning , pans , pan out , panned out , panning out , pans out

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Forms

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pans, panned, panning

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Etymology

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From Old French 'panne' meaning 'a tray, a shallow container' or from the Old English 'pannan' meaning 'to shake, to stir'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'panning' is also used in photography to describe the technique of taking a series of photographs of a scene from a single position.

2. The largest gold pan ever made was 8 feet by 12 feet and was used during the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1800s.

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Related Concepts

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1. Prospecting: The exploration for valuable resources, often in natural environments.

2. Gold rush: A period of rapid growth and development due to the discovery of gold or other valuable resources.

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Culture

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Panning has been used extensively in literature, particularly in adventure and science fiction genres, to depict the search for valuable resources, such as gold or precious gems. It has also been used metaphorically to describe the process of searching for or extracting information or meaning from various sources.

How to Memorize "panning"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine holding a pan and moving it back and forth over a river or a pile of material.
   - Visualize the movement of the pan from side to side.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'panning' with the act of searching or extracting valuable resources.
   - Think of the word 'pan' and imagine it being used to search for gold.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase 'Pan for gold, pan for information' to help memorize the meaning of the word.
   - Use the acronym P-A-N-N-I-N-G to remember the different meanings: Prospecting, Adventure, Narrative, Narrative, Information, Gold.

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