hand scanner
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3.5
- noun
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escáner manual
- The technician used a hand scanner to quickly record the barcode data from each product.
Examples
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She passed the hand scanner over the document to digitize it for the archive.
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She bought a hand scanner for her art project.
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Early hand scanners were often less accurate than modern flatbed scanners but offered more portability.
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Do you have a hand scanner I can borrow?
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The technician used a hand scanner to digitize the documents quickly.
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With the hand scanner, she scanned every page of the old book for preservation.
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He carried a hand scanner to capture images of the items at the flea market.
Synonyms
357
3.3
An electronic machine that detects information, for example radar or a device that makes digital pictures of papers
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3.8
A machine that reads printed pages and saves them as computer files
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3.0
A machine that makes an electronic copy of a paper or photo for a computer
A machine that turns a paper picture or document into a computer file
How Portable
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3.5
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hand' (the body part) + 'scanner' (a device that detects/digitizes) yields a device that scans a hand, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it's equipment for reading the hand. The precise biometric details (palm prints, vein patterns) are technical but do not obscure the overall, predictable meaning.
Etymology
Hand scanner comes from the simple image of a small scanner held in the hand and moved over a page or barcode to copy it. That's why it means a portable device you move by hand to capture an image or data.