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Definition scan

Etymology

From Middle English scannen (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier *scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scand? (“I climb, rise, mount”).

Verb

scan (third-person singular simple present scans, present participle scanning, simple past and past participle scanned)

1. (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific meter. [from 14th C.]
   1. (intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
2. (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. [from 16th C.]
3. (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly. [from 19th C.]
   1. (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyze or go over, often to find something.
   2. (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
4. (computing, transitive) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
5. (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
6. (obsolete, transitive, originally) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

Noun

scan (plural scans)

1. Close investigation. [from 1700s]
2. (computing) An instance of scanning.
3. (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.

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