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scan English

Meaning scan meaning

What does scan mean?
Definitions in simple English

scan Verb

— An act of looking through something quickly. I scanned through the page to find the information I was looking for.

scan

— verb examine minutely or intensely the surgeon scanned the X-ray — verb examine hastily She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi — noun the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars — verb make a wide, sweeping search of The beams scanned the night sky — verb read metrically scan verses — verb move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image — verb conform to a metrical pattern — noun (= CAT scan) an image produced by scanning he analyzed the brain scan you could see the tumor in the CAT scan — verb (= read) obtain data from magnetic tapes This dictionary can be read by the computer

Synonyms scan synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as scan?

scan English » English

survey search examine scrutinize glance skim look view look at investigate glance over browse sweep study sift scrutinise run down read rake proofread peep peek look over inspect improve glimpse examine closely correct CAT scan watch for vignette vet try track thumb test sweeping sweepage stare at sound sketch see from afar scrutiny screen out screen scour scansion scanning riffle review

Topics scan topics

What do people use scan to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See

Look
Person Healthy

Treat disease

  • What words refer to things are done to treat disease?
    radiation scan
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Read

Conjugation scan conjugation

How do you conjugate scan?

scan · verb

Examples scan examples

How do I use scan in a sentence?

Simple sentences

As soon as I can get my son to scan our family photos, I'll upload some of them to our website.
I have to be honest. I was a little bit nervous the first time I had an MRI scan.

Movie subtitles

He's got a scan blocker.
Can't. It won't scan, see?
But great guidance, I approved it! My energizer has scan-checked by square feet. No life above lepidoptera level exists.
Do you scan us on your viewscreen?
Low-scan CH radar setup.
Better drop the sail in case their radar's on scan.
Attack range gate on maximum scan.
Range gate on maximum scan.
We can't scan below 300 feet, and she may have gone down.
That later, you'll scan them.
General. - Ann. refine polarization. give us a quick scan.
Let's try behind that central scan.
Look, the scan of Earth!
According to the history scan, you brought a strange fever that killed many of our ancestors.
It won't scan, see?
They found nothing but a bauxite mine low-scan C-H radar setup.
The scan came in on the radio.
Yes, sir, rapidly. We can't scan below 300 feet, -and, well, she may have gone down.
Scan.
They did scan us when we assumed orbit.
It could be exerting a force field of some kind that cuts into our sensor scan.
Weather scan indicated an ion storm dead ahead.
Environmental control. Scan bridge, three.
He has been subjected to questioning under verifier scan and truth drug.
Scan for dikironium in the atmosphere.
It is more than it would take to scan these brutes.
My noble lord I would I might entreat your honor to scan this thing no further. Leave it to time.
That Weigelt has documents. That later, you'll scan them.
They did scan us when we assumed orbit. Obviously, they know we're here.
Scan bridge, three.

News and current affairs

The first is a copying machine through which you scan library catalogues and the books of publishing houses.
Fifteen years prior to onset, a positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed amyloid-beta being deposited in plaques in the brain itself.
Google said that it would scan the entire book, irrespective of its copyright status, but that users searching for something in copyrighted books would be shown only a snippet.
Many teachers and schools now use computer programs to scan essays for plagiarism, an ancient transgression made all too easy by the Internet.

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