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The definition of scan

11 Definitions of: scan

    1. verb, to scrutinize minutely
    2. verb, to glance over quickly
    3. verb, prosody to read or analyse (verse) according to the rules of metre and versification
    4. verb, prosody to conform to the rules of metre and versification
    5. verb, electronics to move a beam of light, electrons, etc, in a predetermined pattern over (a surface or region) to obtain information, esp either to sense and transmit or to reproduce a television image
    6. verb, to examine data stored on (magnetic tape, etc), usually in order to retrieve information
    7. verb, to examine or search (a prescribed region) by systematically varying the direction of a radar or sonar beam
    8. verb, physics to examine or produce or be examined or produced by a continuous charge of some variable
    9. verb, med to obtain an image of (a part of the body) by means of a scanner
    10. noun, the act or an instance of scanning
    11. noun, med a) the examination of a part of the body by means of a scanner b) the image produced by a scanner
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Synonyms: search, look, glance, skim, browse, flick, squint, butcher's-broom (Brit. slang), dekko (Brit. slang), shufty (Brit. slang) And more...
 

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