noun
- Someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables.
- An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer.
- synonyms: digital scanner, image scanner
- A radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area.
- A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition.
- usage: "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels"
- synonyms: electronic scanner
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