Scanning

/ˈskænɪŋ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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alliterative meteranalyzingantispasticarchival processingautomatic trackingbrowse

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"Security experts believe Apple’s fingerprint scanning technology senses whether a digit is attached to a living human, so severed phalanges should prove unsuccessful for unlocking a stolen iPhone."

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