Definitions for scanner

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scanner scan·ner

Spelling: [skan-er]

IPA: /ˈskæn ər/

Scanner is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in scanner (acennrs).

Definitions for scanner

noun

1. a person or thing that scans.
2. optical scanner. See under optical scanning.
3. Photography. any device for exposing an image on film, a sensitized plate, etc., by tracing light along a series of many closely spaced parallel lines.
4. (in aerial photography) a device for estimating the ratio of aircraft speed to aircraft altitude.
5. a photoelectric device for scanning a picture to determine automatically the density of the hue or value in each area for transmission by wire or radio or for preparation of color process printing plates.
6. a computer-aided electronic system using photoelectric cells to separate copy, as color illustrations, into its primary colors, correct color copy, and produce a set of color separations ready for proofing or printing.
7. Radio. a radio receiver, used especially by police, firefighters, and the press, that continuously tunes to preselected frequencies, broadcasting any signal that it detects.
8. Medicine/Medical, Biology. a device for examining a body, organ, tissue, or other biologically active material.

Origin of scanner

First recorded in 1550-60; scan + -er¹

Examples for scanner

He stepped over to the privacy booth and then to the scanner machines.

I'll get this scanner set up again, and we'll be ready to load out.

I had my scanner on, so they could see me, but my own screen stayed dark.

But can a scanner the size of a TV remote really tell when that chicken goes bad?

James pushed the button, glanced into his scanner, and froze; eyes staring.

Mike checked in at the 10th electoral district, got his ballot, made marks next to his choices and fed it into the scanner.

“If we can pop smoke we can get the wounded out of the way,” one reported on the scanner.

Step Two: Search for "QR" or "scanner" and download the highest-rated, or cheapest, app.

But with this scanner on, I think of where I want to look and I can see it.

James stopped talking, pulled out his scanner, stuck his face into it.