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Word: Scan
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (as a verb in scan (sense 3 of the verb)): from Latin scandere ‘climb’ (in late Latin ‘scan (verses)’), by analogy with the raising and lowering of one's foot when marking rhythm. From ‘analyse (metre)’ arose the senses ‘estimate the correctness of’ and ‘examine minutely’, which led to ‘look at searchingly’ (late 18th century)
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look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature
Short Definition:look at all parts of something carefully
Examples:- he raised his binoculars to scan the coast
cause (a surface, object, or part of the body) to be traversed by a detector or an electromagnetic beam
Short Definition:cause to be traversed by detector or electromagnetic beam
Examples:- their brains are scanned so that researchers can monitor the progress of the disease
analyse the metre of (a line of verse) by reading with the emphasis on its rhythm or by examining the pattern of feet or syllables.
Short Definition:analyse metre of line of verse by reading with emphasis on its rhythm or by examining pattern of feet or syllables
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