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SCANNING
- close examination [n SCANNINGS] / SCAN, to examine closely [v]
- Look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature
- Look quickly but not very thoroughly through (a document or other text) in order to identify relevant information
- Cause (a surface, object, or part of the body) to be traversed by a detector or an electromagnetic beam
- Cause (a beam) to traverse across a surface or object
- Resolve (a picture) into its elements of light and shade in a prearranged pattern for the purposes of television transmission
- Convert (a document or picture) into digital form for storage or processing on a computer
- Analyze the meter of (a line of verse) by reading with the emphasis on its rhythm or by examining the pattern of feet or syllables
- (of verse) Conform to metrical principles