Scan

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To look at carefully or thoroughly, especially in search of something; examine.
  • intransitive verb. To look over quickly or read hastily.
  • intransitive verb. To search (stored data) automatically for specific data.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To direct a finely focused beam of light or electrons in a systematic pattern over (a surface) in order to reproduce or sense and subsequently transmit an image.
  • intransitive verb. To direct a radar beam in a systematic pattern across (a sector of sky) in search of a target.
  • intransitive verb. To encode (text, for example) in digital format by means of an optical scanner.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To direct x-rays or other energy at (a body or body part) in order to produce an image, as with a CT scanner.
  • intransitive verb. To pass (luggage, for example) through a detector at a security checkpoint in order to detect weapons or banned materials.
  • intransitive verb. To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.
  • intransitive verb. To analyze verse into metrical patterns.
  • intransitive verb. To conform to a metrical pattern.
  • noun. The act or an instance of scanning.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The action or process of scanning a body or body part.
  • noun. An image produced by scanning.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An abbreviation of Scandinavian.
  • To climb; mount.
  • To examine by counting the metrical feet or syllables; read or recite so as to indicate the metrical structure.
  • Hence To go over and examine point by point; examine minutely or nicely; scrutinize.
  • To follow or agree with the rules of meter: as, lines that scan well.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
  • transitive verb. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.
  • transitive verb. To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.
  • transitive verb. To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific.
  • transitive verb. To form an image or an electronic representation of, by passing a beam of light or electrons over, and detecting and recording the reflected or transmitted signal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To examine sequentially, part by part.
  • verb. To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
  • verb. To look about for.
  • verb. To fit or conform to a specific meter.
  • verb. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
  • noun. An instance of scanning.
  • noun. The result or output of a scanning process.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. read metrically
  • verb. conform to a metrical pattern
  • verb. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
  • verb. obtain data from magnetic tapes
  • noun. an image produced by scanning
  • verb. examine hastily
  • noun. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
  • verb. examine minutely or intensely
  • verb. make a wide, sweeping search of
  • Word Usage
    "Smoking weed during a brain scan is harder than it sounds: Link (Wired Science)."
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