A scan, in an instrument comprising two or more analysers, in which two or more of
the analyser fields are scanned simultaneously so as to preserve a pre-determined
relationship between parameters characterizing these fields. Often, these parameters
are the field strengths, but they may also be the frequencies in the case of analysers
in which alternating fields are employed.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 1541
(Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an
appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991))
on page 1551