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      scan
      noun
      A close investigation.
      Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
      Of written things, a careful reading.
      (computing) An instance of scanning.
      (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.
      (functional programming) A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
      verb
      (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
      (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
      (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.
      (computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
      (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
      (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
      (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
      (poetry, intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
      (obsolete, transitive, originally) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
      Roots
      scandoscan- · Latin · climb
      Synonyms for scan
      skimvsurveynscrutinizevexaminationnexaminevinspectvinspectionnperusevbrowsevcheckn
      Words related to scan
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