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1area scan — area scan, a radar scan based on a fixed beam or beams directed to provide continuous surveillance of a particular airspace. See also sector scan. (Cf. ↑sector scan) …
2Scan Tester — (born as Lewis Tester on 7 September 1886 1972) was an English musician.Lewis Tester was born in Chelwood Gate, near Horsted Keynes, Sussex. At about the age of five he acquired the nickname scantelope . There are several variants on the story,… …
3Scan Furniture — was a retailer of modern Scandinavian furniture that operated six stores in the metropolitan Baltimore Washington, D.C. area.Unusually, it was founded in 1960 in a Greenbelt, Maryland, grocery store (the Greenbelt Cooperative), where its success… …
4scan|ning — «SKAN ihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. close investigation or consideration; critical examination or judgment. 2. = scansion. (Cf. ↑scansion) 3. the process in which an electron beam scans the television picture area. 4. a method of detecting… …
5SCAN 20 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=SCAN 20 caption= type=Flying boat trainer manufacturer=SCAN designer= first flight=1945 introduced=1951 retired= status= primary user=French Navy more users= produced= number built=24 variants with their own… …
6Scan. — Scandinavia. * * * scan «skan», verb, scanned, scan|ning, noun. –v.t. 1. to look at closely; examine with care: »His mother scanned his face to see if he was telling the truth. SYNONYM(S): scrutinize. 2. to glance at; look over hastily …
7scan — [c]/skæn / (say skan) verb (scanned, scanning) –verb (t) 1. to examine minutely; scrutinise. 2. to glance at or run through hastily: to scan a page. 3. to analyse (verse) as to its prosodic or metrical structure; read or recite so as to indicate… …
8scan — scan1 [ skæn ] verb ** ▸ 1 look carefully ▸ 2 read quickly ▸ 3 copy with equipment ▸ 4 photograph inside of something ▸ 5 about poetry 1. ) transitive to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to see a particular person or… …
9scan — 1 verb scanned, scanning 1 (T) to examine an area carefully, because you are looking for a particular person or thing: He scanned the horizon ahead, but there was no sign of the convoy. (+ for): The police scanned the whole area but found no… …
10scan — I UK [skæn] / US verb Word forms scan : present tense I/you/we/they scan he/she/it scans present participle scanning past tense scanned past participle scanned ** 1) [transitive] to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to… …
