Dictionary

scanner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskæːnə/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈskænɚ/ Western US, Midland US, Inland North, North Central, New England, Canada
• /ˈskɛnə/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈskænɚ] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
• [ˈskɛənɚ] ~ [ˈskɛjənɚ] (Southern-US)
• /ˈskænɚ/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
• /ˈskanə/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard, Wales)
• /ˈskanəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈskænə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈskɛənɚ] Western US, Midland US, Inland North, North Central, New England, Canada
• /ˈskænɚ/ (Southern-US)
• [ˈskæːnə] ~(æ-raising)[ˈskɛːnə] ~ [ˈskeːnə] (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Italic *skandō Latin scandōbor. Middle English scanden Middle English scanne English scan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scanner From scan + -er.

Meanings

1. One who scans.
   • It is, perhaps, too much to assume that an elderly Melville read James, but he was an eager scanner of magazines and did read fiction in his later years. 1997, Douglas Robillard, Melville and the Visual Arts: Ionian Form, Venetian Tint, page 17:
2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
   • He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
3. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.
4. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
5. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
   • Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers. Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find it difficult to get near the creatures. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

Forms

Deriveds

medscanner · 3D scanner · brain scanner · scannerless · chromatoscanner · radiochromatoscanner · barcode scanner · full-body scanner · portscanner · millimeter wave scanner · intrascanner · piezoscanner · photoscanner · scanography · chip scanner · X-ray scanner · galvoscanner · slide scanner · full body scanner · police scanner · mobile scanner picking · telescanner · CAT scanner · interscanner · microscanner · baggage scanner

Descendants

scanner · scaner · Scanner · escâner · スキャナー · escàner · 스캐너 · σκάνερ · スキャナ · scanneur · scanner · escáner · scâner · skener · սկաներ · skener · skanneri · szkenner · scanner · ска́нер · скенер

Translations (85)

hy սկաներ (device which scans documents) · id pemindai (device which scans documents) · ja スキャナ (device which scans documents) · mk скенер (optical device) · et skanner (device which scans documents) · is skanni (device which scans documents) · sh skener (device which scans documents) · nl scanner (optical device) · cs skener (device which scans documents) · mt skener (device which scans documents) · ro scaner (device that uses radiation to produce images) · ar مَاسِح (device which scans documents) · kk мәтіналғы (device which scans documents) · hu lapolvasó (device which scans documents) · ja 断層撮影装置 (device that uses radiation to produce images) · ro scaner (optical device) · nl scanner (device which scans documents) · eo skanilo (device which scans documents) · ja 広帯域受信機 (radio receiver) · uk ска́нер (device which scans documents) · nrf scanneu (device which scans documents) · pl skaner (radio receiver) · sl skener (device which scans documents) · hu szkenner (device which scans documents) · fi skanneri (optical device) · be ска́нар (device which scans documents) · nn skannar (device which scans documents) · et skaneerija (one who scans) · it lettore ottico (device which scans documents) · pt digitalizador (device which scans documents) · el σαρωτής (one who scans) · pl skaner (device that uses radiation to produce images) · fi skanneri (device which scans documents) · mi pūkarapa (device which scans documents) · la sarotis (device which scans documents) · ja 読み取り装置 (optical device) · pt escâner (device which scans documents) · pt scâner (device which scans documents) · de Scanner (device which scans documents) · ko 스캐너 (device which scans documents) · mk оптички читач (optical device) · ms pengimbas (device which scans documents) · ca escanista (one who scans) · nl scanner (radio receiver) · el οπτικός σαρωτής (optical device) · fi skannaava radio (radio receiver) · de Abtaster (device which scans documents) · cmn 掃描器 /扫描器 (device which scans documents) · ru ска́нер (device which scans documents) · fr scanner (device which scans documents) · it scansionatore (device which scans documents) · sv bildläsare (device which scans documents) · kk сканер (device which scans documents) · el ανιχνευτής (radio receiver) · ru ска́нер (device that uses radiation to produce images) · fr scanneur (device which scans documents) · fr numériseur (device which scans documents) · fi kuvanlukija (device which scans documents) · ja スキャナー (device which scans documents) · mt skaner (device which scans documents) · it scannerizzatore (device which scans documents) · fi skannaaja (one who scans) · mi pūmatawai (device which scans documents) · ca escàner (optical device) · ca escàner (device that uses radiation to produce images) · el ανιχνευτής (one who scans) · el σαρωτής (device which scans documents) · nb skanner (device which scans documents) · sv skanner (device which scans documents) · bg ске́нер (device which scans documents) · pl skaner (optical device) · pl skaner (device which scans documents) · fi skanneri (device that uses radiation to produce images) · es escáner (device which scans documents) · it scanner (device which scans documents) · ru ска́нер (optical device) · ar مَاسِح ضَوئِيّ (device which scans documents) · sl optični bralnik (device which scans documents) · it scanditore (device which scans documents) · sl optični bralnik (optical device) · ca escàner (device which scans documents) · ro scaner (device which scans documents) · tr tarayıcı (device which scans documents) · ro aparat scaner (optical device) · it scansore (device which scans documents)