panning

1. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
2. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
3. With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
4. (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
5. To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

1. Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
2. To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
3. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

verb

To join or fit together; to unite.

1. The act of one who pans, as for gold.
2. Material that has been panned.
3. (audio) The act by which a sound is panned.

   The new console supports pannings and fades.

4. Thorough criticism.

   The director's films had received pannings from critics.