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Definition of Scan

1. Noun. The act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region. "He made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

2. Verb. Examine minutely or intensely. "The customs agents scan the bags for drugs "; "The surgeon scanned the X-ray"

3. Noun. An image produced by scanning. "You could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

4. Verb. Examine hastily. "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

5. Verb. Make a wide, sweeping search of. "The beams scanned the night sky"

6. Verb. Conform to a metrical pattern.

7. Verb. Move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image.

8. Verb. Read metrically. "Scan verses"

9. Verb. Obtain data from magnetic tapes. "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

Definition of Scan

1. v. t. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

Definition of Scan

1. Verb. To examine sequentially, part by part. ¹

2. Verb. (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner. ¹

3. Verb. To look about for. ¹

4. Verb. (poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. ¹

6. Noun. An instance of scanning. ¹

7. Noun. The result or output of a scanning process. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scan

1. to examine closely [v SCANNED, SCANNING, SCANS]

Medical Definition of Scan

1. A type of imaging, for example ultrasound, MR, CT, scintigram. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scan

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scamps scampy scams scamster scamsters scan (current term) scan line scan rate scanability scand

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