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CAT SCANNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CAT scanner mean? 

CAT SCANNER (noun)
  The noun CAT SCANNER has 1 sense:

1. a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planesplay

  Familiarity information: CAT SCANNER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAT SCANNER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

CAT scanner; computerized axial tomography scanner

Hypernyms ("CAT scanner" is a kind of...):

tomograph (X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements)


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