scan
English Thesaurus
1. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | examination, scrutiny, |
| definition | : | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) (noun.act) |
2. an image produced by scanning (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | icon, ikon, image, picture, |
| definition | : | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface (noun.artifact) |
3. obtain data from magnetic tapes (verb.cognition)
| hyponym | : | misread, |
| definition | : | read or interpret wrongly (verb.cognition) |
4. read metrically (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | declaim, recite, |
| definition | : | recite in elocution (verb.communication) |
5. make a wide, sweeping search of (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | search, |
| definition | : | subject to a search (verb.contact) |
6. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | displace, move, |
| definition | : | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion) |
7. examine hastily (verb.perception)
| hypernym | : | examine, see, examine, see, |
| definition | : | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect (verb.perception) |
8. examine minutely or intensely (verb.perception)
| hyponym | : | glass, |
| definition | : | scan (game in the forest) with binoculars (verb.perception) |
9. conform to a metrical pattern (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | conform, |
| definition | : | be similar, be in line with (verb.stative) |
| domain category | : | poesy, poetry, verse, |
| definition | : | literature in metrical form (noun.communication) |
10. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act)
| derivation | : | scan, |
| definition | : | make a wide, sweeping search of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | scan, scan, |
| definition | : | examine minutely or intensely (verb.perception) |
11. read metrically (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | scansion, |
| definition | : | analysis of verse into metrical patterns (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | scanner, |
| definition | : | someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables (noun.person) |
12. make a wide, sweeping search of (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | scan, |
| definition | : | the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | electronic scanner, scanner, |
| definition | : | a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | scanner, |
| definition | : | a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area (noun.artifact) |
13. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | digital scanner, image scanner, scanner, |
| definition | : | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | scanning, |
| definition | : | the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer (noun.process) |
14. examine hastily (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | skim, skimming, |
| definition | : | reading or glancing through quickly (noun.communication) |
15. examine minutely or intensely (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | scan, |
| definition | : | the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cat scan, scan, |
| definition | : | an image produced by scanning (noun.artifact) |
16. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act)
| derivation | : | scan, |
| definition | : | make a wide, sweeping search of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | scan, scan, |
| definition | : | examine minutely or intensely (verb.perception) |
17. read metrically (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | scansion, |
| definition | : | analysis of verse into metrical patterns (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | scanner, |
| definition | : | someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables (noun.person) |
18. make a wide, sweeping search of (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | scan, |
| definition | : | the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | electronic scanner, scanner, |
| definition | : | a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | scanner, |
| definition | : | a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area (noun.artifact) |
19. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | digital scanner, image scanner, scanner, |
| definition | : | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | scanning, |
| definition | : | the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer (noun.process) |
20. examine hastily (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | skim, skimming, |
| definition | : | reading or glancing through quickly (noun.communication) |
21. examine minutely or intensely (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | scan, |
| definition | : | the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cat scan, scan, |
| definition | : | an image produced by scanning (noun.artifact) |
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