- scan
- 1. To read a document quickly, in order to identify its main features. 2. To convert a document or image into digital format for storage in a computer.
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Scan — may refer to: *Scan, the act of examining sequentially, part by part *Image scanning, in data processing, the act of optically analyzing a two or three dimensional image and digitally encode it (digitize it) for storage in a computer file *Scan,… … Wikipedia
Scan 7 — Scan 7. Scan 7 es un colectivo techno de la ciudad de Detroit, EEUU. Está formado por siete artistas y liderado por Lou Robinson.[1] Contenido … Wikipedia Español
SCAN — or Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry is a set of tools created by WHO aimed at diagnosing and measuring mental illness that may occur in adult life. It is not constructed explicitly for use with eiher ICD 10 or DSM IV but can… … Wikipedia
Scan — 〈[ skæ̣n] m. 6 oder n. 15; kurz für〉 Scanning * * * Scan [skɛn ], der od. das; s, s [engl. scan = das Absuchen, zu: to scan, ↑ scannen] (Fachspr.): Scanning. * * * scan [engl.], abtasten, auch scannen (Scanner) … Universal-Lexikon
scan — [skæn] verb [transitive] COMMERCE 1. to use a scanner (= special machine with an electronic beam ) to read the information on a credit card, the bar code on a product etc 2. to use a … Financial and business terms
Scan — (sk[a^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanned} (sk[a^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scanning}.] [L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. {Ascend}, {Descend}, {Scale} a ladder.] 1. To mount by steps; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scan X — Nom Stéphane Dri Pays d’origine France Genre musical Techno Années d activité 1993 à aujourd hu … Wikipédia en Français
Scan 7 — durant le DEMF 2007 à Détroit Pays d’origine Détroit … Wikipédia en Français
Scan — [skɛn] der od. das; s, s <aus engl. scan »das Absuchen« zu to scan, vgl. ↑scannen> svw. ↑Scanning … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
scan — [skan] vt. scanned, scanning [ME scannen < L scandere, to climb, mount (in LL, to scan): see DESCEND] 1. to analyze (verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents and syllables and marking the metrical feet 2. to look at… … English World dictionary
scan — (v.) late 14c., mark off verse in metric feet, from L.L. scandere to scan verse, originally, in classical L., to climb (the connecting notion is of the rising and falling rhythm of poetry), from PIE *skand to spring, leap (Cf. Skt. skandati… … Etymology dictionary
