scan

Meanings

• the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
  • "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
• an image produced by scanning
  • "he analyzed the brain scan"
  • "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
• examine minutely or intensely
  • "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
• examine hastily
  • "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
• make a wide, sweeping search of
  • "The beams scanned the night sky"
• conform to a metrical pattern
• move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
• read metrically
  • "scan verses"
• obtain data from magnetic tapes

Synonyms

CAT scan, glance over, rake, read, run down, skim