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scan

noun

  1. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; “he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars”

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  2. an image produced by scanning; “he analyzed the brain scan”; “you could see the tumor in the CAT scan”

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verb

  1. examine minutely or intensely; “the surgeon scanned the X-ray”

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  2. examine hastily; “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”

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  3. make a wide, sweeping search of; “The beams scanned the night sky”

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  4. conform to a metrical pattern

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  5. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

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  6. read metrically; “scan verses”

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  7. obtain data from magnetic tapes; “This dictionary can be read by the computer”

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