scan

[skæn] 1. past tense, past participle - scanned; verb

1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) esquadrinhar

2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) passar os olhos por

3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) sondar

4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) escandir

5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.)

6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.)

2. noun

She had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report.)

- scanner

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[skæn] n Comp escaneamento, varredura. • vt+vi 1 olhar de perto, examinar cuidadosamente, esquadrinhar. 2 escandir. 3 TV decompor, expor a imagem ponto por ponto a fim de transmiti-la. 4 sondar com radar. 5 Comp escanear, varrer. to scan the horizon esquadrinhar o horizonte (com binóculo).