Crossword clues for scanned
scanned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.]
Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand.
--Spenser. 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.
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To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.
The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted.
--Atterbury. To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific; as, to scan an article for mention of a particular person.
(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.
Wiktionary
1 Converted to a digital format using a scanner. 2 see, looked at. v
(en-past of: scan)
WordNet
v. 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]
See scan
Usage examples of "scanned".
IfsPat Flynn scanned the surrounding tenements r the cards issued by his firm which, when iced in a window, told him that coal was jded.
Bridie unfolded the single sheet of paper and quickly scanned its contents.
Stark scanned his Tactical display one more time, noting the lack of ongoing combat, then unsealed his own face shield and raised it so he could speak directly to the soldiers in the room with him.
He scanned her medical readout, then tagged her symbol for high-priority response by the medical teams.
He scanned the small, force of defenders quickly, frowning as the names evoked memories.
Tac scanned the surroundings, trying to build a picture of the base to guide his progress.
He scanned around, placing himself against the geography and features he could never forget.
Her delicately mascaraed eyes scanned dismissively across the team standing behind Paula.
Ozzie scanned them with the handheld array, and whistled at the result.
Sensors slid out into spacetime, and scanned for the quantum distortion signatures of wormholes.
Radar scanned ahead, showing him the tracks were broken less than a kilometer in front of them.
His sensors scanned around constantly, searching for any motion, any hint of human activity.
It hurried ten meters away from the wormhole, then raised itself up on its hind legs and scanned around.
When he scanned around with his retinal insets on infrared the geometric buildings were a uniform temperature.
He scanned the jagged skyline, looking for any hint of an approaching storm.