noun
Meaning 1
One who scans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scanner
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskænə/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈskænə]
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/ˈskænɚ/ without æ-raising
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[ˈskænɚ] ~ [ˈskænɹ̩] without æ-raising
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/ˈskeə̯nɚ/ æ-raising
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[ˈskeə̯nɚ] ~ [ˈskeə̯nɹ̩] æ-raising
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/ˈskɛə̯nɚ/ æ-raising
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[ˈskɛə̯nɚ] ~ [ˈskɛə̯nɹ̩] æ-raising
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rhymes with -ænə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they used scanners to monitor police radio channels
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electronic scanner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: detector
noun
Meaning 8
a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer
noun
Meaning 9
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: digital scanner, image scanner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: data input device, input device, electronic device
noun
Meaning 10
someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reviewer, referee, reader
History
Etymology
Etymology tree 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.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَاسِح (māsiḥ) — device which scans documents
- Arabic: مَاسِح ضَوئِيّ — device which scans documents
- Armenian: սկաներ (skaner) — device which scans documents
- Belarusian: ска́нар (skánar) — device which scans documents
- Bulgarian: ске́нер (skéner) — device which scans documents
- Catalan: escàner — device which scans documents
- Chinese Mandarin: 掃描器 /扫描器 (sǎomiáoqì) — device which scans documents
- Czech: skener — device which scans documents
- Dutch: scanner — device which scans documents
- Esperanto: skanilo — device which scans documents
- Estonian: skanner — device which scans documents
- Finnish: skanneri — device which scans documents
- Finnish: kuvanlukija — device which scans documents
- French: scanneur — device which scans documents
- French: scanner — device which scans documents
- French: numériseur — device which scans documents
- German: Scanner — device which scans documents
- German: Abtaster — device which scans documents
- Greek: σαρωτής (sarotís) — device which scans documents
- Hungarian: szkenner — device which scans documents
- Hungarian: lapolvasó — device which scans documents
- Icelandic: skanni — device which scans documents
- Indonesian: pemindai — device which scans documents
- Italian: lettore ottico — device which scans documents
- Italian: scanner — device which scans documents
- Italian: scansionatore — device which scans documents
- Italian: scanditore — device which scans documents
- Italian: scansore — device which scans documents
- Italian: scannerizzatore — device which scans documents
- Japanese: スキャナー (sukyanā) — device which scans documents
- Japanese: スキャナ (sukyana) — device which scans documents
- Kazakh: мәтіналғы (mätınalğy) — device which scans documents
- Kazakh: сканер (skaner) — device which scans documents
- Korean: 스캐너 (seukaeneo) — device which scans documents
- Latin: sarotis — device which scans documents
- Malay: pengimbas — device which scans documents
- Maltese: skener — device which scans documents
- Maltese: skaner — device which scans documents
- Māori: pūmatawai — device which scans documents
- Māori: pūkarapa — device which scans documents
- Norman: scanneu — device which scans documents
- Norwegian Bokmål: skanner — device which scans documents
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skannar — device which scans documents
- Polish: skaner — device which scans documents
- Portuguese: escâner — device which scans documents
- Portuguese: scâner — device which scans documents
- Portuguese: digitalizador — device which scans documents
- Romanian: scaner — device which scans documents
- Russian: ска́нер (skáner) — device which scans documents
- Serbo-Croatian: skener — device which scans documents
- Slovene: skener — device which scans documents
- Slovene: optični bralnik — device which scans documents
- Spanish: escáner — device which scans documents
- Swedish: bildläsare — device which scans documents
- Swedish: skanner — device which scans documents
- Turkish: tarayıcı — device which scans documents
- Ukrainian: ска́нер (skáner) — device which scans documents
- Dutch: scanner — radio receiver
- Finnish: skannaava radio — radio receiver
- Greek: ανιχνευτής (anichneftís) — radio receiver
- Japanese: 広帯域受信機 (kōtaiiki jushinki) — radio receiver
- Polish: skaner — radio receiver
- Catalan: escàner — device that uses radiation to produce images
- Finnish: skanneri — device that uses radiation to produce images
- Japanese: 断層撮影装置 (dansō satsuei sōchi) — device that uses radiation to produce images
- Polish: skaner — device that uses radiation to produce images
- Romanian: scaner — device that uses radiation to produce images
- Russian: ска́нер (skáner) — device that uses radiation to produce images
- Catalan: escàner — optical device
- Dutch: scanner — optical device
- Finnish: skanneri — optical device
- Greek: οπτικός σαρωτής (optikós sarotís) — optical device
- Japanese: 読み取り装置 (yomitori sōchi) — optical device
- Macedonian: оптички читач (optički čitač) — optical device
- Macedonian: скенер (skener) — optical device
- Polish: skaner — optical device
- Romanian: scaner — optical device
- Romanian: aparat scaner — optical device
- Russian: ска́нер (skáner) — optical device
- Slovene: optični bralnik — optical device
- Catalan: escanista — one who scans
- Estonian: skaneerija — one who scans
- Finnish: skannaaja — one who scans
- Greek: σαρωτής (sarotís) — one who scans
- Greek: ανιχνευτής (anichneftís) — one who scans