Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scan \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 go through with step by step. [Obs.]
Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand.
--Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scan
n : the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed
region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his
binoculars"
v 1: examine minutely or intensely
2: examine hastily [syn: {skim}, {rake}, {glance over}, {run
down}]
3: glance over or read superficially
4: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the
night sky"
5: conform to a metrical pattern; of poetic verse
6: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an
image
7: read metrically; "scan verses"
8: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be
read by the computer" [syn: {read}]
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