scanner
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈskænər/
:
escáner
- After scanning the package, the scanner displayed a warning about unauthorized items.
- optical scanner
- virus scanner
- laser scanner
So a police scanner, but futuristic, I guess.
- So a police scanner, but futuristic, I guess.
- Well, we can have you sleeping in a brain scanner.
- And so they wonder if all of a sudden, like the scanners never went off ever.
- South scientists put participants in an fMRI scanner.
- So I'm ordering a barcode scanner, which was Brandon's brilliant idea that he shared with me.
Examples
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Have you been listening to the police scanner again?
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This machine is a Magnetic Resonance Scanner.
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Capture the image with the scanner and transfer it to a computer with appropriate software.
Academic text (1992) -
You can see things through your scanner that you can't see with your own eyes.
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You know, I listen to police scanners.
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Doctors profile the remaining body part with the scanner and enter that information into a 3-D modeling program.
Academic text (2008) -
This one also has the fingerprint scanner for password free sign in.
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A portable 3-D laser scanner is used in factories to verify the accuracy of manufactured parts.
Academic text (2008) -
The technician used the scanner to create a digital copy of the old document.
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At the security checkpoint, everyone has to place their bags on the X-ray scanner.
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.8
A machine that reads printed pages and saves them as computer files
- Specialized
1
3.0
A machine that makes detailed pictures of the inside of the body using X-ray images from different angles
- Specialized
1
3.5
A device that scans radio frequencies to find signals and listen to radio messages
- Specialized
1
3.5
Machine that makes pictures showing activity in the body to find cancer
- Specialized
1
4.1
A machine that makes pictures of the inside of the body using sound waves
- Specialized
A machine that uses X-rays to make detailed 3D pictures of the inside of the body
- Specialized
A machine that makes detailed pictures showing where the body uses energy
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scanner comes from the verb scan, which goes back to the old Latin root scandere meaning 'to climb'. Think of a scanner as something that moves across a page or an area to find or record information, so the origin helps explain why a scanner sweeps an image or searches a space for details.