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scan

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Translations

scanverb
scanned
Past Simple
scanned
Past Participle
scanning
Gerund
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passer au scannerAu sens médical, pour réaliser une imagerie du corps.
The doctor scanned the patient's abdomen to check for any abnormalities.
Le médecin a passé l’abdomen du patient au scanner pour vérifier s’il y avait des anomalies.
numériserPour convertir un document ou une image en format numérique.
She scanned the old photographs to preserve them digitally.
Elle a numérisé les vieilles photographies pour les conserver en version numérique.
parcourirPour lire rapidement ou survoler un texte.
He scanned the article to get the main points.
Il a parcouru l’article pour en saisir les points principaux.
scanderEn poésie, pour analyser le rythme d’un vers.
Students were asked to scan the first line of the sonnet for iambic pentameter.
Les étudiants ont dû scander le premier vers du sonnet pour en déterminer le pentamètre iambique.
scruterPour regarder attentivement afin de repérer quelque chose.
She scanned the crowd for any sign of her friend.
Elle a scruté la foule à la recherche du moindre signe de son amie.
Synonyms
search
sweep
glance
browse
examine
inspect
scrutinize
review
peruse
scannoun
scans
pl
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scannerAu sens médical, pour désigner l’examen d’imagerie.
The doctor ordered a scan to check for any internal injuries.
Le médecin a demandé un scanner pour vérifier s’il y avait des blessures internes.
scansionEn poésie, pour l’analyse du rythme d’un vers.
A careful scan of the poem revealed an irregular meter in the third stanza.
Une scansion attentive du poème a révélé un mètre irrégulier dans la troisième strophe.
scanAu sens de copie numérique obtenue par numérisation.
She sent a scan of her passport to the travel agency.
Elle a envoyé un scan de son passeport à l’agence de voyage.
examenAu sens d’une lecture ou d’un examen rapide et attentif.
He gave the document a quick scan to find the relevant information.
Il a fait un examen rapide du document pour trouver les informations pertinentes.
Synonyms
inspection
examination
scrutiny
survey
analysis
review
scanadjective
Used attributively to describe something produced by or related to a scanning process (e.g., "scan results").
scannéS’emploie surtout pour un document ou une image obtenus par numérisation.
The scan data showed a small fracture that had previously gone unnoticed.
Les données scannées ont montré une petite fracture qui était passée inaperçue auparavant.

Definitions

scanverb
To look at something carefully, usually in order to find something or to get information.
She scanned the crowd for any sign of her friend.
To read or look through something quickly.
He scanned the article to get the main points.
To use a machine to get an image of the inside of something, such as the body.
The doctor scanned the patient's abdomen to check for any abnormalities.
To convert a physical document or image into a digital format using a scanner.
She scanned the old photographs to preserve them digitally.
To analyze a line of verse in order to determine its rhythmic pattern.
Students were asked to scan the first line of the sonnet for iambic pentameter.
scannoun
A medical test in which a machine produces a detailed image of the inside of a person's body.
The doctor ordered a scan to check for any internal injuries.
An act of looking at something carefully, usually in order to find something.
He gave the document a quick scan to find the relevant information.
A digital copy of a document or image produced by a scanner.
She sent a scan of her passport to the travel agency.
The analysis of a line of verse to determine its rhythmic pattern; scansion.
A careful scan of the poem revealed an irregular meter in the third stanza.
scanadjective
Produced by or relating to a scan, especially a medical or digital image.
The scan data showed a small fracture that had previously gone unnoticed.
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