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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Scan" Definition
noun
A picture or image produced by this means.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A single sweep of the beam of electrons across a television screen.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Examination of a body or body part by a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Scope or field of vision.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
The act or an instance of scanning.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Computer Science To search (stored data) automatically for specific data.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Electronics To move a radar beam in a systematic pattern over (a sector of sky) in search of a target.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Medicine To examine (a body or body part) with a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Electronics To undergo electronic scanning.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To analyze verse into metrical patterns.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To conform to a metrical pattern.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To read or mark so as to show metrical structure .
Source: Merriam-Webster
to examine by point-by-point observation or checking.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item .
Source: 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: Merriam-Webster
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