scan

skæn 1. past tense, past participle - scanned; verb

1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) granske, studere

2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) fare over med en harelabb

3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) skanne, (av)søke

4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) skanne

5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.) skanne, gjennomlyse

6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.) skandere

2. noun

She had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report.) ultralyd(bilde); raskt blikk

- scanner

granske

I

subst. \/skæn\/

1) raskt gjennomblikk, skumlesing

2) forskende blikk, prøvende blikk

3) (teknikk) skanning, avsøking

II

verb \/skæn\/

1) granske, studere, undersøke nøye

2) kikke igjennom, kaste et raskt blikk på, skumme

• she scanned the paper for news about the campaign

hun skummet gjennom avisen for nyheter om kampanjen

3) (matematikk) analysere metrisk, skandere, kunne skanderes

4) (teknikk) skanne, (av)lese, (av)søke

• the page can be scanned into the computer

siden kan skannes inn i datamaskinen

5) (om røntgenbilde) avlese

scan through kikke gjennom, skumlese