Scanner Meaning
/ˈskænɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who scans.
nounA device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
Sentence Examples
A scanner allowed one to determine if one's leg was really broken.
This scanner can see through clothes.
Tom, can you show Mary how to use the scanner?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The technician placed the document on the ____ to convert it into a digital file.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The librarian used a barcode ____ to check out books at the circulation desk.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English scan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scanner From scan + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The technician placed the document on the ____ to convert it into a digital file.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The librarian used a barcode ____ to check out books at the circulation desk.