DEF: To glance from point to point quickly, in search of a particular item (See Dictionary for more definitions)
EX:
- He scans his emails to see if there is anything that requires his immediate attention.
- The sailor scans the horizons to look for other ships.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
scan (verb)transitive verb
1.
to read or mark so as to show metrical structure - scan poetry
2.
to examine by point-by-point observation or checking
a) to investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly - a fire lookout scanning the hills with binoculars
b) to glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item - scan the want ads looking for a job
3.
a) to examine systematically (as by passing a beam of radiation over or through) in order to obtain data especially for display or storage - scanned the patient's heart radar scans the horizon scan the photos into the computer
intransitive verb
b) to pass over in the formation of an image - the electron beam scans the picture tube
1.
to scan verse
2.
to conform to a metrical pattern - this poem scans well scrutinize
1.
the act or process of - scanning
2.
a radar or television trace
3.
an image formed by scanning something as
a) a depiction (as a photograph) of the distribution of a radioactive material in something (as a bodily organ)
b) an image of a bodily part produced (as by computer) by combining ultrasonic or radiographic data obtained from several angles or sections
