'Scanning' definitions:
Definition of 'scanning'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
noun
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
Definition of 'Scanning'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'scanning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alliterative meter,
- analyzing,
- antispastic,
- automatic tracking,
- cadenced,
- classifying,
- collating,
- computer technology,
- computer typesetting,
- computing,
- dactylic,
- data processing,
- data retrieval,
- data transmission,
- EDP,
- electronic data processing,
- flector tuning,
- high-speed data handling,
- iambic,
- interlaced scanning,
- locking on,
- locking signals,
- machine computation,
- mapping,
- measure,
- measured,
- meter,
- metric,
- metrical pattern,
- metrics,
- mixing,
- monitoring,
- numbers,
- phase adjustment,
- pinpointing,
- precision focusing,
- prosodic,
- prosodic pattern,
- prosody,
- pyrrhic,
- quantitative meter,
- radar navigation,
- radar-telephone relay,
- range finding,
- reporting,
- rhythmic,
- scan conversion,
- scansion,
- shading,
- signal modulation,
- sorting,
- spondaic,
- Stabreim,
- switching,
- syllabic meter,
- telecasting,
- televising,
- three-pointing,
- tracking,
- triangulation,
- triggering signals,
- trochaic,
- vers libre,
- versification