| scan [n] |
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| 1) | the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars" |
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| examination |
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| 2) | an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" |
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| Synonyms : | cat_scan |
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| icon |
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| scan [v] |
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| 1) | examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray" |
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| examine cat_scan glass |
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| 2) | examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" |
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| Synonyms : | glance_over rake run_down skim |
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| examine skim |
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| 3) | make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky" |
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| search scanner electronic_scanner |
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| 4) | conform to a metrical pattern |
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| conform poesy |
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| 5) | move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image |
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| displace digital_scanner scanning |
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| 6) | read metrically; "scan verses" |
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| declaim scansion scanner |
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| 7) | obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" |
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| Synonyms : | read |
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| construe misread |
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