Meaning of scan
Definition of scan
(noun)
the act of scanning;
systematic
examination
of a
prescribed
region; "he
made
a
thorough
scan
of the
beach
with his binoculars"
an
image
produced by scanning; "he
analyzed
the
brain
scan"; "you could see the
tumor
in the CAT scan"
(verb)
examine
minutely
or intensely; "the
surgeon
scanned the X-ray"
examine
hastily; "She scanned the
newspaper
headlines
while
waiting
for the taxi"
make
a wide,
sweeping
search
of; "The beams scanned the
night
sky"
conform
to a
metrical
pattern
move
a
light
beam
over; in electronics, to
reproduce
an
image
read
metrically; "scan verses"
obtain
data
from
magnetic
tapes or
other
digital
sources; "This
dictionary
can be
read
by the computer"
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