Définition "scan" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

scan vb , scans, scanning, scanned

1 to scrutinize minutely

2 to glance over quickly

3 tr (Prosody) to read or analyse (verse) according to the rules of metre and versification

4 (Prosody) to conform to the rules of metre and versification

5 (Electronics) to move a beam of light, electrons, etc., in a predetermined pattern over (a surface or region) to obtain information, esp. either to sense and transmit or to reproduce a television image

6 to examine data stored on (magnetic tape, etc.), usually in order to retrieve information

7 to examine or search (a prescribed region) by systematically varying the direction of a radar or sonar beam

8 (Physics) to examine or produce or be examined or produced by a continuous charge of some variable
to scan a spectrum

9 (Med) to obtain an image of (a part of the body) by means of a scanner n

10 the act or an instance of scanning

11 (Med)

a the examination of a part of the body by means of a scanner
a brain scan

b the image produced by a scanner
(C14: from Late Latin scandere to scan (verse), from Latin: to climb)
♦ scannable adj