scanner
扫描仪,扫瞄器,扫描器,扫瞄仪
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Definitions
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- : a person or thing that scans.
- : Also called op·ti·cal read·er [op-ti-kuhl ree-der], /ˈɒp tɪ kəl ˈri dər/, op·ti·cal scan·ner .Computers. a device that scans printed, handwritten, barcode, or other visual data and encodes it into digital format. See also optical scanning.
- : Photography. any device for exposing an image on film, a sensitized plate, etc., by tracing light along a series of many closely spaced parallel lines.
- : a device for estimating the ratio of aircraft speed to aircraft altitude.
- : a photoelectric device for scanning a picture to determine automatically the density of the hue or value in each area for transmission by wire or radio or for preparation of color process printing plates.
- : a computer-aided electronic system using photoelectric cells to separate copy, as color illustrations, into its primary colors, correct color copy, and produce a set of color separations ready for proofing or printing.
- : Radio. a radio receiver, used especially by police, firefighters, and the press, that continuously tunes to preselected frequencies, broadcasting any signal that it detects.
- : Medicine/Medical, Biology. a device for examining a body, organ, tissue, or other biologically active material.See also CAT scanner, MR scanner, PET scanner, sonogram.
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Examples
They needed additional staff and scanners to process ballots.
At National Airport, the TSA is rolling out the use of face scanners to verify travelers’ identities.
Mandavia saw huge potential in spreading the use of scanners to diagnose a wide range of life-threatening conditions.
The company now has about five developers, as well as designers and translators as all efforts focus on building and improving the scanner.
In addition, election officials in every county must hand-count the ballots in two randomly selected precincts to ensure that vote totals match the tabulation results from the digital scanners.
Chicago provides crime reporters and amateur scanner-chasers with more grit and brutality than they can handle combined.
As with the fingerprint scanner of the iPhone 5s, the larger screen means that the phone will cost more.
But can a scanner the size of a TV remote really tell when that chicken goes bad?
“If we can pop smoke we can get the wounded out of the way,” one reported on the scanner.
Mike checked in at the 10th electoral district, got his ballot, made marks next to his choices and fed it into the scanner.
Miller, who had been at the scanner searching over the alien ship at close range, reeled out of his seat, clutching at his eyes.
The psychologist settled himself in the chair, leaned forward and peered into the scanner.
He was stooped slightly forwards, peering absorbedly through the eyepieces of the operator scanner before him.
But something went wrong, the scanner picked up this planet, and I was coming through, and then something blew.
The machine's crowning glory was a big bowl-shaped sort of thing that didn't quite succeed in looking like a radar scanner.