Scanner

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænÉ™(r)

Origin

{1} + -er

Full definition of scanner

Noun

1. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
2. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
3. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
4. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
5. One who scans.

Derived terms

• 3D scanner
• full body scanner
• millimeter wave scanner
• X-ray scanner

Descendants

• German: Scanner

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