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Scan

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Meaning

Verb

In Computing:
  • To look about for; to
    quickly.
  • To
    ,
    or
    , often to find something.
  • To
    ; to tokenize.
  • To look about for; to
    quickly.
    In Computing & Medicine:
    To create an
    of something with the use of a scanner.
    In Computing:
    To
    with an
    device.
    In Poetry:
  • To
    or
    show a specific metre.
  • To
    to a
    structure.
  • Noun

    Close investigation.
    In Computing:
    An
    of scanning.
    In Computing:
    The result or
    of a
    process.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    scan
    English
    arrow
    scannen
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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