English Explanatory Dictionary

scanner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who scans.
  2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
  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.
  6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).

Pronunciation

/ˈskænɚ/ /ˈskænə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scanner.wav

Word forms

scanner scanners

Etymology

From scan + -er.

Derived words

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

Translations

Catalan: escàner Dutch: scanner Finnish: skanneri Greek: οπτικός σαρωτής Japanese: 読み取り装置 Macedonian: оптички читач Macedonian: скенер Polish: skaner Romanian: scaner Romanian: aparat scaner Russian: ска́нер Slovene: optični bralnik
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