Crossword clues for scanning
scanning
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
n. The act of something being scanned. vb. (present participle of scan English)
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]
n. the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
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
See scan
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "scanning".
With an ease he knew would have surprised his Lucien, Tsecha stowed supplemental shooter power packs and assorted scanning and blocking devices within other pockets in the suit.
He had gone extraordinarily, insanely crazy, reading old Burpee catalogs at night when he was unable to sleep and scanning the few books on gardening that the school library kept.
Lo Manto eased into the middle of the small crowd, scanning the faces, seeing nothing much beyond tourists out for a morning walk and talk.
If anyone tried to fire a shot from the audience, the scanning lasers would pick up the bullet in flight and zap it into vapor with a microsecond burst of energy.
I shaded my eyes against the big spotlights that were on the podium, scanning the audience for sign of Monish or Nora.
Raf watched himself watching the fox, standing naked on a dirt track below Jebel Morra, scanning a headline he already knew.
The photoreceptors whirred audibly in their sockets, scanning left to right.
The precise mechanism by which the condensed-circuit computer operates is, for Earth scientists, still a matter of conjecture, although it has been suggested that the control, by a very rapid three-dimensional scanning process, alternately determines, and detects, certain finely-balanced fundamental properties of the individual atoms of the polyphase crystal.
Helt followed a step behind, sharp eyes scanning the cavern floor for where the Procks lay hidden.
The reddish light was a scanning function, combining the spheres of Life and Prime to check for extra Quintessence stored in the patterns of the people below.
As usual he was riding just ahead of Jim, breaking trail and scanning ahead for sign, when suddenly he turned Crow aside and reined him to a standstill.
She spun round, scanning the room and then she spotted it on the floor, near the shower room door, a thin scattering of brown resiny fragments.
Hoshe had visited the High Angel there had been a couple of bored Diplomatic Police reviewing the ID of everyone who entered the transit station, and scanning their baggage.
After scanning the room for several moments, Routier, with a decided smirk on his face, strolled casually to the far side of the room where Abbey was standing.
Sidelight: By definition, scansion entails the scanning of one line at a time.