Scanning

Language: English
Pronunciation: scan-ning
Part of Speech: verb

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To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.

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"the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer"

"the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission"

"examine minutely or intensely"

"examine hastily"

"make a wide, sweeping search of"

"conform to a metrical pattern"

"move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image"

"read metrically"

"obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources"

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