scanning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scanning	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scanning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scanning n the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scan \Scan\ (sk[acr]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanned} (sk[acr]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scanning}.] [L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. {Ascend}, {Descend}, {Scale} a ladder.] 1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.] Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand. --Spenser.