| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fan shooting | Mining | A type of seismic survey in which detectors are laid out along an arc so that each detector is in a different direction at roughly the same distance from a single shot point. It was used in the 1920's and 1930's to detect the presence of shallow salt domes intruding low-velocity sediments. Syn: arc shooting. (references) | |
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