SCANNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scanning mean? 

• SCANNING (noun)
  The noun SCANNING has 2 senses:

1. the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

2. the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission

  Familiarity information: SCANNING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCANNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("scanning" is a kind of...):

photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

Derivation:

scan (move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scanning" is a kind of...):

replication; reproduction (the act of making copies)

 Context examples 

It is used especially in medical diagnostic scanning.

(Gamma Camera, NCI Thesaurus)

A technique for scanning bone and measuring bone mineral density (BMD).

(Dual x-ray absorptiometry, NCI Thesaurus)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using a microscope e.g. with electron, optical, or scanning probe microscopy.

(Device Microscopic Inspection Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using a scanning probe microscope.

(Device Scanning Probe Microscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Since dawn Professor Challenger had been acutely uneasy, continually scanning each bank of the river.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A technique utilizing a scanning probe to image and analyze the surface of a material with atomic-level resolution.

(Atomic Force Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

A scanning procedure used to measure calcium and other minerals present in bone.

(Bone Mineral Density Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Diaphranography (transillumination light scanning) is a non-invasive imaging procedure for the detection and evaluation of breast disease, by visualizing lesions through a television camera sensitive to infrared light.

(Diaphranography, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon positron emission tomographic (PET) scanning of the F18, sympathetic innervated regions can be visualized, such as those in pheochromocytoma.

(Fluorine F-18 6-Fluorodopamine, NCI Thesaurus)

A study using radioisotope tagged blood components and a nuclear scanning machine to monitor the blood flow to the myocardium during or immediately following exercise.

(Nuclear Stress Test, NCI Thesaurus)