Scanner

Definitions

1. One who scans.
2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
3. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
4. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
5. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

Equivalents

Examples

“It is, perhaps, too much to assume⟳ that an elderly Melville read⟳ James, but he was an eager scanner of magazines and did read⟳ fiction in his later years.”

“He put⟳ the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy⟳ of it to his family.”

“Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers. Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find⟳ it difficult to get⟳ near the creatures.”

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