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Scan
skan
Scan definitions
verb
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"
- 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"