scan

Definitions of scan in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of scanning

noun - an image produced by scanning

verb - examine minutely or intensely

verb - examine hastily

verb - make a wide, sweeping search of

verb - conform to a metrical pattern

verb - move a light beam over

verb - read metrically

verb - obtain data from magnetic tapes

To examine closely.

To look over quickly and systematically: scanning the horizon for signs of land.

To look over or leaf through hastily: scanned the morning papers while eating breakfast.

To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns.

Electronics.

To move a finely focused beam of light or electrons in a systematic pattern over (a surface) in order to reproduce or sense and subsequently transmit an image.

To move a radar beam in a systematic pattern over (a sector of sky) in search of a target.

To search (stored data) automatically for specific data.

To examine (a body or a body part) with a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.

To analyze verse into metrical patterns.

To conform to a metrical pattern.

To undergo electronic scanning.

The act or an instance of scanning.

Scope or field of vision.

Examination of a body or bodily part by a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus.

A picture or an image produced by this means.

A single sweep of the beam of electrons across a television screen.

verb - to examine closely