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Scanning

//ˈskænɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something being scanned.

    "In the other case the scanner performs a given number of scannings, thus giving an automatic display of the complete set of measuring points."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scan form-of, gerund, participle, present

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