scanning

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scanning

/ˈskænɪŋ/

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of scan

noun scannings

The act of something being scanned. In the other case the scanner performs a given number of scannings, thus giving an automatic display of the complete set of measuring points.

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Closest in meaning: scanner, digitalization, digitalisation, digitisation, digitization, sweeps, analytics, sem, analytical, imaging, browse, reading, analysis, review, detect, detecting

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@misc{scanning_2026,
  title = {scanning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scanning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}