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scanner

scan·ner
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skan-er]
    • /ˈskæn ər/
    • /ˈskæn.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skan-er]
    • /ˈskæn ər/

Definitions of scanner word

  • noun scanner a person or thing that scans. 1
  • noun scanner optical scanner. See under optical scanning. 1
  • noun scanner Photography. any device for exposing an image on film, a sensitized plate, etc., by tracing light along a series of many closely spaced parallel lines. 1
  • noun scanner (in aerial photography) a device for estimating the ratio of aircraft speed to aircraft altitude. 1
  • noun scanner a photoelectric device for scanning a picture to determine automatically the density of the hue or value in each area for transmission by wire or radio or for preparation of color process printing plates. 1
  • noun scanner a computer-aided electronic system using photoelectric cells to separate copy, as color illustrations, into its primary colors, correct color copy, and produce a set of color separations ready for proofing or printing. 1
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Origin of scanner

First appearance:

before 1550
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1550-60; scan + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Scanner

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

scanner 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

scanner usage trend in Literature

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  • cat scan

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  • cat scanner

    a specialized x-ray instrument that displays computerized cross-sectional images of the body, providing a noninvasive means of visualizing the brain, lungs, liver, spleen, and other soft tissue.

  • flatbed scanner

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

  • magnetic resonance scanner

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  • mr scan

    a medical examination performed with an MR scanner.

  • nmr scanner

    a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.
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