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scanned

scan
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skan]
    • /skæn/
    • /skæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skan]
    • /skæn/

Definitions of scanned word

  • verb with object scanned to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page. 1
  • verb with object scanned to examine the particulars or points of minutely; scrutinize. 1
  • verb with object scanned to peer out at or observe repeatedly or sweepingly, as a large expanse; survey. 1
  • verb with object scanned to analyze (verse) as to its prosodic or metrical structure; read or recite (verse) so as to indicate or test the metrical form. 1
  • verb with object scanned to read (data) for use by a computer or computerized device, especially using an optical scanner. 1
  • verb with object scanned Television. to traverse (a surface) with a beam of light or electrons in order to reproduce or transmit a picture. 1
See all 15 definitions of scanned

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Origin of scanned

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English scannen, variant of *scanden < Late Latin scandere to scan verse, Latin: to climb (see ascend)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Scanned

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Scanned

scanned popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

scanned usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for scanned

verb scanned

  • canvassed — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
  • electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
  • enfiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfilade.
  • eyed — Having eyes.
  • ferreted — Simple past tense and past participle of ferret.

noun scanned

  • flicked — a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger: She gave the horse a flick with her riding crop.
  • glanced — Simple past tense and past participle of glance.
All 8 Synonyms of scanned

Top questions with scanned

  • how to edit a scanned document?
  • what does scanned mean?

Related words

  • scan

    to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.

  • dot-sequential

    of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.

  • flatbed scanner

    a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.

  • image orthicon

    a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.

  • slow-scan television

    a technique or system in which an image is scanned electronically more slowly than is normally done in order to produce images, especially of still pictures, that can be transmitted economically, as over a telephone line, and displayed on a television screen.

  • vidicon

    a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
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