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Scan Definition

noun

A picture or image produced by this means.
A single sweep of the beam of electrons across a television screen.
Examination of a body or body part by a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.
Scope or field of vision.
The act or an instance of scanning.

verb-intransitive

Electronics To undergo electronic scanning.
To analyze verse into metrical patterns.
To conform to a metrical pattern.

verb

To read or mark so as to show metrical structure .
source from Merriam-Webster
to examine by point-by-point observation or checking.
source from Merriam-Webster
To investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly .
source from Merriam-Webster
To glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item .
source from Merriam-Webster
To examine systematically (as by passing a beam of radiation over or through) in order to obtain data especially for display or storage .
source from Merriam-Webster

verb-transitive

Computer Science To search (stored data) automatically for specific data.
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.
Electronics To move a radar beam in a systematic pattern over (a sector of sky) in search of a target.
Medicine To examine (a body or body part) with a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.
To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.

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