Meaning of Scan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A close investigation.
2. Of written things, a careful reading.
3. Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
4. An instance of scanning.
5. The result or output of a scanning process.
6. A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.

Equivalents

Examples

“The operators vacated the room during the scan.”

“In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.”

“The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.”

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