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Yes, pan is playable

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"Pan" Definition

noun

A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East.
A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
A leaf of the betel vine.
A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.

verb-transitive

Informal To criticize or review harshly.
To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect.
To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.

verb-intransitive

To move a movie or television camera to follow an object or create a panoramic effect.
To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.

verb

To wash in a pan for the purpose of separating heavy particles.
To separate (as gold) by panning.
To place in a pan.
To criticize severely.
To wash material (as earth or gravel) in a pan in search of metal (as gold).

abbreviation

Peroxyacetyl nitrate.
Panama.

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