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Scan

skan

Scan definitions

verb

Inflections:

scans scanning scanned scan

look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature

"he raised his binoculars to scan the coast"

Synonyms:
study examine scrutinize inspect survey search scour sweep rake
- look quickly but not very thoroughly through (a document or other text) in order to identify relevant information
  
  "we scan the papers for news from the trouble spots"
cause (a surface, object, or part of the body) to be traversed by a detector or an electromagnetic beam

"their brains are scanned so that researchers can monitor the progress of the disease"
- cause (a beam) to traverse across a surface or object
  
  "we scanned the beam over a sector of 120°"
- convert (a document or picture) into digital form for storage or processing on a computer
  
  "text and pictures can be scanned into the computer"
- resolve (a picture) into its elements of light and shade in a prearranged pattern for the purposes of television transmission
analyse the metre of (a line of verse) by reading with the emphasis on its rhythm or by examining the pattern of feet or syllables
- (of verse) conform to metrical principles
  
  "well, it doesn't rhyme and certainly doesn't scan"

noun

Inflections:

scan scans