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scandinavian lox |
scandinavian nation |
scandinavian peninsula |
scandium |
scanner |
scanning
| scansion
| scansores
| scansorial
| scant
| scantily
scanning (root: scan)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scanning has 2 senses
- scanning(n = noun.process) - the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer; is a kind of photography
- scanning(n = noun.act) - the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission; is a kind of replication, reproduction
Derived form verb scan5
THESAURUS
scanning
EDP, Stabreim, alliterative meter, analyzing, antispastic, automatic tracking, cadenced, classifying, collating, computer technology, computer typesetting, computing, dactylic, data processing, data retrieval, data transmission, electronic data processing, flector tuning, high-speed data handling, iambic, interlaced scanning, locking on, locking signals, machine computation, mapping, measure, measured, meter, metric, metrical pattern, metrics, mixing, monitoring, numbers, phase adjustment, pinpointing, precision focusing, prosodic, prosodic pattern, prosody, pyrrhic, quantitative meter, radar navigation, radar-telephone relay, range finding, reporting, rhythmic, scan conversion, scansion, shading, signal modulation, sorting, spondaic, switching, syllabic meter, telecasting, televising, three-pointing, tracking, triangulation, triggering signals, trochaic, vers libre, versification
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