to scan
254
3.2
- verb
- /skæn/
- We scan for heat signatures, but we can't validate if it's a man or a woman up there.
- scan a document
- scanned image
- scan a page
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Watch on YouTubeGmail totally legally now could scan all of your Gmail.
- Gmail totally legally now could scan all of your Gmail.
- And so we scanned him, no red dye for a month.
- So the plan is to ask people to simply scan that card.
- As soon as I scan them, I get rid of them.
- Visit Planet Wild through the link in the description or scan the QR code to learn more.
- I did not give you permission to scan my face.
- It's easy like you can scan barcodes and stuff.
- We do a computerized neuropsyche assessment and we would scan your brain.
Examples
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You just hit scan and it starts spinning.
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Click the link below or scan the QR code to try it out.
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So the further they had to scan, the longer it took.
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So the plan is to ask people to simply scan that card.
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And as I understand it, Google is continuing to scan books like crazy.
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You can just, you know, scan in your illustrations.
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In 60 seconds it's capable of scanning your entire body.
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It generally wants to scan large areas, not small things.
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Data is holding back the sheet while Troi scans the body with a tricorder.
Fiction book (1994) -
Please scan this document so I can send it by email.
Synonyms
124
3.9
To show a measurement or number on a device
23
3.9
To change information, images, or records into a form a computer can read
Compounds
- Specialized
40
3.2
A medical test that makes detailed pictures of the inside of the body using X-rays
- Specialized
30
3.2
A medical test using X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
- Specialized
1
3.5
A way to identify a person by using a machine that reads the patterns on their fingertip
- Archaic
1
7.7
A screen divided into top and bottom halves that update at the same time to work faster
- Specialized
A scan that uses sound waves to make a picture of the back of the eye
- Specialized
An ultrasound test that measures the length of the eyeball before eye surgery
How Thorough
- Specialized
23
3.9
∞
2.3
254
3.2
- Specialized
266
3.3
124
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scan (sense 2): To scan a disk or file is to move over it bit by bit to check for problems, and this idea comes from the Latin root scandere 'to climb', so scanning is like 'climbing' over data to find what you need.