scan
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English scannen, for *scanden < Old French escander (“‘to climb, scan’”) < Latin scandere (“‘to climb’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /skæn/
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- Rhymes: -æn
[edit] Noun
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scan (plural scans)
- The result or output of a scan.
- After the scan was done the doctors looked at the images and made a diagnosis.
[edit] Verb
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to scan (third-person singular simple present scans, present participle scanning, simple past and past participle scanned)
- (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
- 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.
[edit] Translations
to examine sequentially
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to create a digital copy of an image using a scanner
to look about for
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- French: scanner (2), numériser (3)
- Greek: σαρώνω (sarono), ανιχνεύω (anikhnevo), διερευνώ (dierevno), διατρέχω (diatrekho), εξετάζω βιαστικά (eksetazo viastika), διαβάζω βιαστικά (diavazo viastika)
[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
