the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars'

an image produced by scanning; he analyzed the brain scan; you could see the tumor in the CAT scan

[ Syn: cat scan ]

examine minutely or intensely; the surgeon scanned the X-ray'

examine hastily; She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi

[ Syn: skim , rake , glance over , run down ]

make a wide, sweeping search of; The beams scanned the night sky'

conform to a metrical pattern

move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

read metrically; scan verses'

obtain data from magnetic tapes; This dictionary can be read by the computer

[ Syn: read ]