scanner — English Dictionary

Noun

1. One who scans.

   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.

2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.

   Examples

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

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.

   Examples

   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.

6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

Noun

1. someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables

   Broader terms

   reviewerrefereereader

2. an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

   Synonyms

   digital scannerimage scanner

   Broader terms

   electronic devicedata input deviceinput device

3. a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area

   Broader terms

   dishdish aerialdish antennasaucer

4. a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition

   Synonyms

   electronic scanner

   Broader terms

   detector

   Examples

   they used scanners to monitor police radio channels