scan
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English scannen, for *scanden, from Old French escander (“to climb, scan”), from Latin scandere (“to climb”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
scan (third-person singular simple present scans, present participle scanning, simple past and past participle scanned)
- To examine sequentially, part by part.
- (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
- To look about for.
- He scanned the horizon.
- (poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.
- (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
[edit] Translations
examine sequentially
create a digital copy of an image using a scanner
look about for
form a poetic metre
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- Greek: σαρώνω (sarono), ανιχνεύω (anikhnevo), διερευνώ (dierevno), διατρέχω (diatrekho), εξετάζω βιαστικά (eksetazo viastika), διαβάζω βιαστικά (diavazo viastika)
[edit] Noun
scan (plural scans)
- An instance of scanning.
- The operators vacated the room during the scan.
- The result or output of a scanning process.
- The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- scan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- scan in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- scan at OneLook Dictionary Search
