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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 planes
Familiarity information: CAT SCANNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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