Found 3 items, similar to scanning.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: scan melarik
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scanning scan v 1: examine minutely or intensely; “the surgeon scanned the X-ray” 2: examine hastily; “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi” [syn: skim, rake, glance over, run down] 3: make a wide, sweeping search of; “The beams scanned the night sky” 4: conform to a metrical pattern 5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image 6: read metrically; “scan verses” 7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; “This dictionary can be read by the computer” [syn: read] [also: scanning, scanned] scanning n 1: the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer 2: 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 scan n 1: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; “he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars” 2: an image produced by scanning; “he analyzed the brain scan”; “you could see the tumor in the CAT scan” [syn: CAT scan] [also: scanning, scanned] scanning See scan
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scanning Scan \Scan\ (sk[a^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scanned (sk[a^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scanning.] [L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. Ascend, Descend, Scale a ladder.] 1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically. [1913 Webster] 3. To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize. [1913 Webster] The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific; as, to scan an article for mention of a particular person. [PJC] 5. (Electronics) To form an image or an electronic representation of, by passing a beam of light or electrons over, and detecting and recording the reflected or transmitted signal. [PJC]