scanner
English meaning: Scanner
Definition
A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
Example
“He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.”
Another example: “Airport security ran each bag through the scanner.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Neutral and technical; refers to a device that digitises documents or images, or a security/medical device (body scanner, barcode scanner). Common in office, IT, retail and healthcare contexts.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From the verb 'scan' (Latin 'scandere', to climb, later 'to examine') plus the agent suffix '-er', a 20th-century coinage.
Synonyms
- reader
- digitiser
- imager
Related Words
- darkly
- flatbed
- scan
- scanning
- scanned
- barcode
- mri
- crt
- tomography
- ultrasound
Common Collocations
- barcode scanner
- flatbed scanner
- document scanner
- scanner software
- fingerprint scanner
Word Forms
scan (v); scanner (n); scanners (pl); scanning (n)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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