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

scanner n

1 a person or thing that scans

2 a device, usually electronic, used to measure or sample the distribution of some quantity or condition in a particular system, region, or area

3 an aerial or similar device designed to transmit or receive signals, esp. radar signals, inside a given solid angle of space, thus allowing a particular region to be scanned

4 any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
See → CAT scanner → nuclear magnetic resonance scanner → ultrasound scanner

5 Informal a television outside broadcast vehicle

6 short for → optical scanner

7 (Printing) an electronic device which scans artwork and illustrations and converts the images to digital form for manipulation, and incorporation into printed publications