Synonyms:
scanning
Meaning: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission
Synonyms:
scanning
Meaning: the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
Usage examples
Mis' Molly was still scanning the superscription of the letter.
She halted her machine, scanning curiously the list of plays on the billboard.
Later he sat before the shelves in his study, absently scanning the backs of the books.
"Well, I'm glad," he said, coldly scanning her, her hair, her dress, which he knew she had put on for him.
They held to their course, nevertheless, with all hands on deck, eagerly, anxiously scanning the sea ahead.
"Behold!" huskily gasped the professor, intensely excited, yet still able to control the field-glass through which he was eagerly scanning yonder marvels.
No longer looking listlessly around, he sate stooping forward, his eye carefully scanning the sward, over a wide space on both sides of the path he was pursuing.
Some were in close and eager discussion; others were listening with keen interest to a single spokesman, and yet from time to time turned round with a scanning glance at any new passer-by.