Overview of noun scanning

The noun scanning has 2 senses

• scanning -- (the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer)


• scanning -- (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)

Overview of verb scan

The verb scan has 7 senses

• scan -- (examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray")


• scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down -- (examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi")


• scan -- (make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky")


• scan -- (conform to a metrical pattern)


• scan -- (move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image)


• scan -- (read metrically; "scan verses")


• read, scan -- (obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer")