Scanning

5 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scanning
       n 1: the process of translating photographs into a digital form
            that can be recognized by a computer
       2: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of
          light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an
          image of it for analysis or transmission

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scanning
       See {scan}

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

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "scanning":
     EDP, Stabreim, alliterative meter, analyzing, antispastic,
     automatic tracking, cadenced, classifying, collating,
     computer technology, computer typesetting, computing, dactylic,
     data processing, data retrieval, data transmission,
     electronic data processing, flector tuning,
     high-speed data handling, iambic, interlaced scanning, locking on,
     locking signals, machine computation, mapping, measure, measured,
     meter, metric, metrical pattern, metrics, mixing, monitoring,
     numbers, phase adjustment, pinpointing, precision focusing,
     prosodic, prosodic pattern, prosody, pyrrhic, quantitative meter,
     radar navigation, radar-telephone relay, range finding, reporting,
     rhythmic, scan conversion, scansion, shading, signal modulation,
     sorting, spondaic, switching, syllabic meter, telecasting,
     televising, three-pointing, tracking, triangulation,
     triggering signals, trochaic, vers libre, versification