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scan·ner
(skăn′ər)n.
1. One that scans: a scanner of newspapers.
2. A receiver that continuously broadcasts signals it detects from specified radio frequencies: heard about the robbery over the police scanner.
3. An optical scanner.
4. A device, such as a CT scanner or PET scanner, for observing internal organs, tissues, and other parts of the body.
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scanner
(ˈskænə)n
1. a person or thing that scans
2. (Electronics) a device, usually electronic, used to measure or sample the distribution of some quantity or condition in a particular system, region, or area
3. (Telecommunications) an aerial or similar device designed to transmit or receive signals, esp radar signals, inside a given solid angle of space, thus allowing a particular region to be scanned
4. (Medicine) any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part. See CAT scanner, nuclear magnetic resonance scanner, ultrasound scanner
5. informal a television outside broadcast vehicle
6. (Computer Science) short for optical scanner
7. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing an electronic device which scans printed material and converts it to digital form
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scan•ner
(ˈskæn ər)n.
1. a person or thing that scans.
2. optical scanner. See under optical scanning.
3. a radio receiver that continuously tunes to preselected frequencies, broadcasting any signal that it detects.
[1550–60]
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scanner
An input device collecting data by recording brightness values for small areas as it moves across a surface.
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| Noun | 1. | scanner - someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables |
| 2. |  scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computerdata input device, input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically | |
| 3. | scanner - a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer, dish - directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation | |
| 4. | scanner - a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels" detector - electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scan
(skӕn) – past tense, past participle scanned – verb1. to examine carefully. He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.examinar, escudriñar, otear
2. to look at quickly but not in detail. She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.dar un vistazo, recorrer con la vista
3. to pass radar beams etc over. The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.explorar
4. to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer. escanear
5. to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray. They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.escanear, pasar por el escáner
6. to fit into a particular rhythm or metre. The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.escandir
nounShe had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report. exploración ultrasónica; ecografía
ˈscanner noun a machine etc that scans. Scanners are machines that show the contents of your luggage on a scereen; an ultrasound scanner; an optical scanner.escáner
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scan·ner
n. escáner.
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scanner
n escáner m (Ang), aparato que obtiene imágenes del cuerpo utilizando ondas electromagnéticas; CT — tomógrafo; MRI — resonador magnéticoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.