[
US
/ˈskænɝ/
]
[ UK /skˈænɐ/ ]
[ UK /skˈænɐ/ ]
NOUN
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a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition
they used scanners to monitor police radio channels - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
- someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
- a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
How To Use scanner In A Sentence
- It was picked up on a ￡300 scanner near Andrew's naval base at Portland, Dorset.
- Detectives who searched his home found a holdall, items snatched from the post office, a police scanner and his bingo membership card.
- The scanner takes more than 90 measurements of the hand in terms of length, width, thickness and surface area in the span of one second.
- All-in-one devices - scanners, copiers and printers in one machine - are pretty popular these days.
- The identity cards are examined by an electronic scanner.
- Kromek , based in Sedgefield, Co Durham, the company has developed a smart scanner, approved for use in airports, which can identify liquids in bottles without the need to open them. The Guardian World News
- Then I go to the scanner, I'm waiting for it to chirp, "Welcome to Wal-Mart!" but it sits silently (much more fashiony to be silent, non?) and I scan my code and then it shoots out a receipt that flies to the floor and I have to scurry around on the floor to find it. Cator Sparks: Bibhu Mohapatra Spring 2011 (PHOTOS, POLL)
- He said full body scanners will be installed at all airports as well as advanced X-ray machines and devices to detect explosives. The Sun
- The images of endosperm without an aleurone layer were prepared by tracing cell contours on a transparent sheet from the microphotograph, and were digitized by a scanner and transformed into a binary image.
- They use the fingerprint scanner to approve payment to a contactless point. The Sun