scanning
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈskænɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
digitalización
- The scanning of old photographs allows us to preserve memories digitally.
- lung scanning
- ultrasound scanning
- CT scanning
Textbook scanning services are of great help to many dyslexic students in high school and college.
- Textbook scanning services are of great help to many dyslexic students in high school and college.
- So if you if you don't have a very fast photo scanning app, worth at least searching for something in that domain.
Examples
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Textbook scanning services are of great help to many dyslexic students in high school and college.
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Point-of-care bar code scanning technology provides enhanced patient safety and patient care.
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Their scanning equipment is primitive but effective.
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Her company also had experience in applying digital scanning technology to fossils.
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We showed methods of ultrasonographic scanning at workshops and in a video distributed to centers.
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31 women were recruited from the routine ultrasound scanning program during week 18 of gestation.
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Magnetic resonance imaging and CT scanning are helpful, although their findings are not definitive.
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After scanning the documents, the team was able to easily share them online.
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Many companies offer scanning services to help turn physical records into digital files.
Synonyms
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4.6
To turn paper, photos, or sounds into computer files
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.7
A security check that uses a picture of the back of the eye to find who a person is
- Specialized
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6.0
A way to check who someone is by looking at the coloured part of their eye
How Digital
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scanning comes from an old Norse word skanna meaning 'to look at closely', and it is the same root as the English verb scan. Think of scanning a photo as carefully 'looking' over every part so a computer can copy the picture, which is why scanning turns a photograph into a digital image.