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Definition: Meaning of, scan in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / skan /

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scan scanned scanned
Present Participle Third Person Singular
scanning scans
  1. look at [transitive] to examine an area carefully but quickly, often because you are looking for a particular person or thing
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  2. read also scan through [transitive] to read something quickly [=  skim]
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  3. see inside [transitive] if a machine scans something, it passes an electrical beam over it to form a picture of what is inside it [↪  scanner]
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  4. computer [transitive] if you scan a document or picture, you put it into a machine attached to a computer so that the information in the document can be taken into the computer and stored there [↪  scanner]
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  5. poetry [intransitive] technical poetry that scans has a correct regular pattern of beats
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scan scans
  1. [countable] a medical test in which a special machine produces a picture of something inside your body
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  2. [singular] when you read something quickly
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scan used in phrases

  • A-scan ultrasonography (noun)
    1. the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball
  • B-scan ultrasonography (noun)
    1. the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
  • CAT scan (noun)
    1. an image produced by scanning
  • CT scan (noun)
    1. another name for a CAT SCAN
  • PET scan (noun)
    1. positron emission tomography scan a type of medical test that can produce a picture of areas in your body where cells are very active, for example the brain or where a TUMOUR is growing
  • brain scan (noun)
    1. a process in which detailed photographs of the inside of your brain are taken and examined by a doctor
  • dual scan display (noun)
    1. a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously
  • eye scan (noun)
    1. an examination of someone's eye using special computer equipment in order to IDENTIFY them. Eye scans are done by the police and IMMIGRATION officials at some airports to check the information on someone's PASSPORT or ID CARD [=  iris scan]
  • finger scan (noun)
    1. biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
  • iris scan (noun)
    1. an examination of someone's IRIS (= the round coloured part in the centre of the eye) using special computer equipment in order to IDENTIFY them. Iris scans are done by the police and IMMIGRATION officials at some airports to check the information on someone's PASSPORT or ID CARD [=  eye scan]
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