1.the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region;
he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars
2.an image produced by scanning;
he analyzed the brain scan
1.examine minutely or intensely;
the surgeon scanned the X-ray
2.examine hastily;
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
3.make a wide, sweeping search of;
The beams scanned the night sky
4.conform to a metrical pattern
5.move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
6.read metrically;
scan verses
7.obtain data from magnetic tapes;
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