Scan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Origin

From Middle English scannen, for *scanden < Old French escandir ("to climb, scan"), from Latin scandō ("I climb").

Full definition of scan

Verb

1. To examine sequentially, part by part.
2. (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
3. To look about for.He scanned the horizon.
4. (poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.
5. (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

Noun

1. An instance of scanning.The operators vacated the room during the scan.
2. The result or output of a scanning process.The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.

Anagrams

• cans, CNAs, CNSA, NCSA