scanner

Noun

Meaning

an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition

a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area

someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

digital scanner image scanner electronic scanner inspector finder analysis radium examiner station broadcast radius antenna reader monitor sensor
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Antonyms

disregard studier

Hypernyms

referee reader dish detector reviewer saucer

Phrases with the word

bar code scanner photoelectric scanner pushbroom scanner millimeter wave scanner X-ray scanner mr scanner

Examples

For fourteen years, the secularists had worked hard to keep the lid on the Ayodhya evidence and they didn't want some puny radar scanner or muddy-handed archaeologist to bring the facts to light and thereby expose their mendaciousness. Koenraad Elst

Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy. Isaac Yeffet

WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire US government is forced to go through a full-body scanner. Evgeny Morozov

Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country? Isaac Yeffet

they used scanners to monitor police radio channels Source: Internet

Besides an edge-to-edge display, the handset offers a 3D curved Gorilla Glass 5 back, tall body design, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, linear speaker at the bottom alongside USB Type-C port and a 3.5mm jack. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

scanned scanned-in Scannell scanning scanning device scanning electron micrograph