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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scan \Scan\ (sk[a^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanned} (sk[a^]nd); p. pr & vb n. {Scanning}.] [L. scandere scansum to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf F. scander. Cf {Ascend}, {Descend}, {Scale} a ladder.] 1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.] Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scanning n : the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
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