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A single sweep of the beam of electrons across a television screen.
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Examination of a body or body part by a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.
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Scope or field of vision.
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The act or an instance of scanning.
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verb-transitive
Computer Science To search (stored data) automatically for specific data.
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Electronics To move a finely focused beam of light or electrons in a systematic pattern over (a surface) in order to reproduce or sense and subsequently transmit an image.
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Electronics To move a radar beam in a systematic pattern over (a sector of sky) in search of a target.
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Medicine To examine (a body or body part) with a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.
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To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.
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verb-intransitive
Electronics To undergo electronic scanning.
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To analyze verse into metrical patterns.
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To conform to a metrical pattern.
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verb
To read or mark so as to show metrical structure .
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to examine by point-by-point observation or checking.
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To investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly .
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To glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item .
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To examine systematically (as by passing a beam of radiation over or through) in order to obtain data especially for display or storage .
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