scan
To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
Verb 4 meanings
To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
“She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.”
To look about for; to look over quickly.
To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
“to scan a photograph”
To read with an electronic device.
“to scan a barcode”
Noun 4 meanings
A close investigation.
An instance of scanning.
“The operators vacated the room during the scan.”
The result or output of a scanning process.
“The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.”
A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
Etymology
From late Middle English scanne (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scandō (“to climb, rise, mount”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”).
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SCAN at a glance
SCAN has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + C 3 + A 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,311 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with scan
All rhymes- REPUBLICAN16
- VULCAN11
- PELICAN11
- PECAN9
- BARBICAN14
- WICCAN13
- PUBLICAN14
- TRASHCAN13
- TOUCAN8
- MESOAMERICAN18
- GLUCAN9
- MOHICAN14
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