Scan

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scan \Scan\ (sk[a^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanned} (sk[a^]nd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Scanning}.] [L. scandere, scansum, to climb,
     to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander.
     Cf. {Ascend}, {Descend}, {Scale} a ladder.]
     1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.]
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              Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse,
        marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is
        composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of;
        to recite metrically.
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     3. To go over and examine point by point; to examine with
        care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.
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              The actions of men in high stations are all
              conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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     4. To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of
        something specific; as, to scan an article for mention of
        a particular person.
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     5. (Electronics) To form an image or an electronic
        representation of, by passing a beam of light or electrons
        over, and detecting and recording the reflected or
        transmitted signal.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scan
       n 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";
          "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: {CAT scan}]
       v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the
            X-ray"
       2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
          waiting for the taxi" [syn: {skim}, {rake}, {glance over},
           {run down}]
       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; "This dictionary can be
          read by the computer" [syn: {read}]
       [also: {scanning}, {scanned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "scan":
     alliterate, analysis, assonate, audit, autopsy, block out, browse,
     canvass, cap verses, check, check out, check over, check up on,
     command, con, delve into, detail, dip into, domination, enumerate,
     examination, examine, examine cursorily, eyereach, eyeshot,
     eyesight, field of view, field of vision, flip through,
     give an examination, give the once-over, glance, glance at,
     glance over, glance through, go over, home on, horizon, identify,
     inspect, inspection, investigate, itemize, jingle, ken,
     limit of vision, line of sight, look, look at, look over, map,
     monitor, naked eye, number, observation, observe, outline, outlook,
     outlook over, overhaul, overhauling, overlook, overview,
     page through, parse, pass over, pass over lightly,
     pass under review, peer at, perlustration, perspective, perusal,
     peruse, pick up, pinpoint, pore over, postmortem, prospect,
     quality control, range, receive, reconnaissance, research, resolve,
     review, rhyme, run over, run through, run-through, schematize,
     scope, scope of vision, scrutinize, scrutiny, set an examination,
     sight, sightliness, size, size up, skim, skim over, skip over,
     slip through, slur, slur over, spot, study, survey, sweep,
     take stock of, take the measure, thumb over, thumb through,
     touch upon, touch upon lightly, trigger, tune in, view, visitation,
     vista, zip through
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SCAN
       Switched-Circuit Automatic Network
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SCAN
       
          1. ["A Parallel Implementation of the SCAN Language",
          N.G. Bourbakis, Comp Langs 14(4):239-254 (1989)].
       
          2. A {real-time} language from {DEC}.
       
          [Are these the same language?]
       
          (1994-11-01)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  scan
       
          1. (computer peripheral) See {scanner}.
       
          2. (circuit design) See {scan design}.
       
          3. ({functional programming}) See {scanl}, {scanr}.
       
          4.  An algorithm for scheduling multiple
          accesses to a disk.  A number of requests are ordered
          according to the data's position on the storage device.  This
          reduces the disk arm movement to one "scan" or sweep across
          the whole disk in the worst case.  The serivce time can be
          estimated from the disk's track-to-track {seek} time, maximum
          seek time (one scan), and maximum {rotational latency}.
       
          {Scan-EDF} is a variation on this.
       
          (1995-11-15)