unscanned

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Definition of unscanned

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not having been scanned.
    “The scanned 1978 patient did better than the unscanned 1974 patient in 31% of pairs, whereas the unscanned 1974 patient did better than the scanned 1978 patient in only 7% of pairs.”
    “Rescanning and replacement scanning of previously unscanned images, including those missed by the high-speed scanner operator or those considered inappropriate for processing by high-speed scanner[.]”
    “We recommend never taking unscanned work because it frequently results in problems for the transcriptionist.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not having been scanned.
    “The scanned 1978 patient did better than the unscanned 1974 patient in 31% of pairs, whereas the unscanned 1974 patient did better than the scanned 1978 patient in only 7% of pairs.”
    “Rescanning and replacement scanning of previously unscanned images, including those missed by the high-speed scanner operator or those considered inappropriate for processing by high-speed scanner[.]”
    “We recommend never taking unscanned work because it frequently results in problems for the transcriptionist.”
  2. (not-comparable)Involving a technique that does not involve scanning, where an alternative technique that does involve scanning exists.
    “This provided an input speed that exceeded the capability of unscanned image filmsetters. Unscanned filmsetter devices use a moving matrix grid or a stationary character grid with electromechanical control of character selection for photographic recording.”
    “For unscanned modes which do not involve electronic or mechanical steering of the acoustic beam, the potential for significant temperature increase is the greatest”
  3. (not-comparable)Unobserved, unexamined, or unconsidered.
    “This tiger-footed rage, when it shall find The harm of unscanned swiftness, will too late Tie leaden pounds to 's heels.”
    “The birth of a legend or tradition occurs, how we know not, in fancy's dim and unscanned regions”
    “Such sentiments are not those of a contemner of divine power, but of one who believed in the ever-present miracle, unscanned by human reason,—the government of the invisible God.”
  4. (not-comparable)Having no consistent meter.
    “The music of the measured, scanned verse of Latin and Greek poetry is one thing ; the music of the rhymed, unscanned verse of Villon and the old French poets, la poe'sie chante'e, is another.”

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Etymology

From un- + scanned.

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