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 Definitions of scanner  [ˈskæn ər]  

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Definition of 'scanner' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) scanner
a person or thing that scans.

2.  scanner
optical scanner.

3.  scanner
a radio receiver that continuously tunes to preselected frequencies, broadcasting any signal that it detects.

4.  scanner
a device for examining a body, organ, or tissue.

Etymology:  (1550–60)

Definition of 'scanner' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) scanner
someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables

2. (noun) scanner, digital scanner, image scanner
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

3. (noun) scanner
a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area

4. (noun) scanner, electronic scanner
a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition
"they used scanners to monitor police radio channels"


Definition of 'scanner' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) scanner
a piece of electronic equipment that reads, copies, or takes pictures of sth
I bought a scanner to copy the old pictures.


Translation of 'scanner' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a machine etc that scans
Scanners are machines that show the contents of your luggage on a scereen; an ultrasound scanner; an optical scanner.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aftaster Arabic flag Arabic: ماسِح، جِهاز المَسْح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: скенер
Brazilian flag Brazilian: scanner Czech flag Czech: snímač German flag German: die Drehantenne
Danish flag Danish: scanner; -scanner Greek flag Greek: μηχάνημα σάρωσης, υπερηχο Spanish flag Spanish: escáner
Estonian flag Estonian: skanner Farsi flag Farsi: پويشگر Finnish flag Finnish: skanneri
French flag French: scanner Hebrew flag Hebrew: סוֹרֵק Hindi flag Hindi: सूक्ष्म-वीक्षण, परीक्षण
Croatian flag Croatian: skener, pretražnik Hungarian flag Hungarian: letapogató, szkenner Indonesian flag Indonesian: scanner, alat peneliti
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skanni, skimari, skimi Italian flag Italian: scanner Japanese flag Japanese: 走査機
Korean flag Korean: 스캐너 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ultragarso zondas, skaity Latvian flag Latvian: radars; skeners
Malay flag Malay: pengimbas Dutch flag Dutch: scanner Norwegian flag Norwegian: skanner
Polish flag Polish: skanner Persian flag Persian: پويشگر Pashto flag Pashto: اسکنر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sonda Romanian flag Romanian: scan­ner Russian flag Russian: сканер
Slovak flag Slovak: optický snímač, snímacie Slovenian flag Slovenian: odčitovalnik Serbian flag Serbian: skener
Swedish flag Swedish: skanner Thai flag Thai: เครื่องตรวจอย่างละเอียด Turkish flag Turkish: tarayıcı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 掃瞄器 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сканер Urdu flag Urdu: اسکین کرنے والی مشین
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: máy nội soi cắt lớp Chinese flag Chinese: 扫描器

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