scan

Meanings

Verb

• To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
• To look about for; to look over quickly.
• To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
• To read with an electronic device.
• To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
• To read or mark so as to show a specific meter.

Noun

• Close investigation.
• An instance of scanning.
• The result or output of a scanning process.

Origin

• From Middle English scannen, from earlier *scanden, from Late Latin, from Classical scandō.