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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scan  \Scan\  (sk[a^]n),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scanned}  (sk[a^]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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scanning 
  n  :  the  process  of  translating  photographs  into  a  digital  form 
  that  can  be  recognized  by  a  computer 




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