ELECTRONIC SCANNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic scanner mean? 

• ELECTRONIC SCANNER (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC SCANNER has 1 sense:

1. a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC SCANNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electronic scanner; scanner

Context example:

they used scanners to monitor police radio channels

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

detector (electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity)