scannern.

Brit.

/ˈskanə/, U.S.

/ˈskænər/

Etymology: < scan v. + -er suffix¹.

1. One who scans or examines critically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > inspector or scrutinizer

scanner1557

inspectator1593

scrutator1593

inspector1667

scrutinizer1728

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Biv [Lines] To the curiouse scanner.

1575 Record's Grounde of Artes (rev. ed.) CC vij Suche scanners [sc. cunning Lawyers] shoulde seeme to cunning, and yet not so cunning as cruell.

1604 G. Babington Comfortable Notes: Levit. xiii. 110 Beware euer to be a curious scanner of other mens liues, or a rash iudge.

1834 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout (1836) iv. 170 The keen and scrutinizing philosopher, the scanner of whate'er lies hidden in the folds of the human heart.

1967 Times Rev. Industry July 89/2 A really sensitive scanner can pick up a bit of information which to most people would be..irrelevant but which to him assumes significance.

2. One who scans verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > prosody > metrics > scansion > one who is skilled in

scanner1800

scansionist1849

1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 317 The scanner has to consider neither the articulation of the vowels, nor the position of the consonants.

1906 H. Van Dyke Ideals xi. 237 We are spending infinite toil and money to produce spellers and parsers and scanners.

a. Any device for scanning or systematically examining all parts of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > scanning devices

scanner1927

1927 Public Opinion 18 Feb. 152/3 Place the ‘telegraph card’ on an endless band passing at a fixed rate under the ‘scanner’, while at the other end a reproduction soon tumbles into a basket.

1952 Progress Spring 34 The Time-Springdale electronic scanner was used to make, from an Ektachrome transparency, the negatives needed for the colour reproduction.

1958 Times Rev. Industry July 25/3 A beam-scanner with an output window of pure aluminium foil is fitted to the accelerator.

1970 New Scientist 27 Aug. 420/3 Trials with an airborne infrared scanner over the leaking oil well..demonstrated that oil shows up clearly on the scanner.

1977 Time 27 June 25/3 Using elaborate ‘scanners’ to monitor police radio channels, reporters were often at the spot of a reported sighting before the guards and dogs.

b. Television. Any of several devices that permit the sequential transmission of an image or its subsequent reconstruction in a receiver.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > scanning devices

mirror drum1927

scanning disc1927

scanner1929

Nipkow disc1934

line scan1938

scanning coil1938

1929 H. H. Sheldon & E. N. Grisewood Television xiv. 162 Another decided advantage of the drum-scanner is its compactness.

1958 Observer 12 Oct. 1/3 There is..a television-type scanner which can transmit pictures of the perpetually unseen far side of the moon.

1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xx. 31 Flying-spot scanners are used in broadcast stations in Europe for both color and monochrome film reproduction.

c. A transmitting and receiving radar aerial, usually one that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a large area.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radar apparatus > aerial

scanner1946

1946 Electronic Engin. 18 360/2 The speed of rotation of the scanner when manually controlled can be varied from 0 to 4 r.p.m. in either direction.

1965 New Scientist 15 July 130/1 The radar scanner continuously sweeps the sky, sending out its impulses and receiving back the reflected impulses.

1970 H. A. Taylor Airspeed Aircraft since 1931 172 The raised fuselage also permitted the aircraft to be loaded with the retractable air-to-surface-vessel ( asv) scanner, below and aft of the control cabin.

d. Medicine. A machine for scanning the body and measuring the intensity of the radiation from different areas as a diagnostic aid, e.g. after administration of a radio-isotope; spec. = body scanner n. Also, a machine for directing ultrasound into the body and obtaining a visual representation of the reflections from different internal areas, analogous to a radar display or radiograph.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > scanning > [noun] > equipment used in

scanner1951

scintiscanner1953

brain scanner1957

scintigraph1957

body scanner1959

photoscanner1959

imager1962

1951 Nucleonics Aug. 50/2 The first tests of the scanner were made with filter paper wetted with a solution containing radioiodine.

1953 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 70 605/2 The scanner produces a picture of the distribution of the gamma-emitting activity present in a small area.

1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIV. 8/2 Scanners have been devised which can accurately fix the size of the thyroid gland and determine the presence of nodules or abnormalities in the shape of the gland.

1975 Wall St. Jrnl. 10 Dec. 1 The machine, known as a CAT scanner, produces in minutes an X-ray picture revealing the deadly tumor that had escaped her physicians' notice.

1977 Listener (N.Z.) 15 Jan. 10/1 Scanners are an important innovation because of their superior diagnostic capabilities over alternative techniques, and the enhanced degree of patient safety and comfort they offer.

1986 Daily Tel. 28 July 11/1 Modern scanners are accurate to ¹/ ₂₅ inch.

1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. xii. 5/2 Ultrasound. High definition sector scanners provide an excellent real-time image of the gall-bladder.

e. figurative.

ΚΠ

1959 Listener 8 Jan. 83/2 The selectivity of your mind—your mental scanner—will quickly reveal what there is to be thought about.

1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 403 Work by an Oxford psychologist..suggested that the mechanism..involved the use of a ‘scanner’ in the brain which sifted through a large number of possible names.

Compounds

scanner font n. (also scanner fount) a typewriting fount that can be read by an optical character-recognition device.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] > typewriter type > type of font

scanner font1968

1968 Amer. Documentation Jan. 74/2 A secretary types each record for scanner input, using a standard typewriter fitted with an ASA scanner font golfball.

1968 Amer. Documentation Jan. 74/2 The optical character reader..reads standard ASA scanner font: 26 alphabetic characters (all upper case), 10 digits, and 25 punctuation and special characters.

1969 Computers & Humanities 3 132 Each item to be entered into the file is coded; typed in asa scanner font; read by an optical scanner..onto magnetic tape; and, finally, entered into an infol file.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scanner
释义	scannern. Brit. /ˈskanə/, U.S. /ˈskænər/ Etymology: < scan v. + -er suffix¹. 1. One who scans or examines critically. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > inspector or scrutinizer scanner1557 inspectator1593 scrutator1593 inspector1667 scrutinizer1728 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Biv [Lines] To the curiouse scanner. 1575 Record's Grounde of Artes (rev. ed.) CC vij Suche scanners [sc. cunning Lawyers] shoulde seeme to cunning, and yet not so cunning as cruell. 1604 G. Babington Comfortable Notes: Levit. xiii. 110 Beware euer to be a curious scanner of other mens liues, or a rash iudge. 1834 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout (1836) iv. 170 The keen and scrutinizing philosopher, the scanner of whate'er lies hidden in the folds of the human heart. 1967 Times Rev. Industry July 89/2 A really sensitive scanner can pick up a bit of information which to most people would be..irrelevant but which to him assumes significance. 2. One who scans verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > prosody > metrics > scansion > one who is skilled in scanner1800 scansionist1849 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 317 The scanner has to consider neither the articulation of the vowels, nor the position of the consonants. 1906 H. Van Dyke Ideals xi. 237 We are spending infinite toil and money to produce spellers and parsers and scanners. 3. a. Any device for scanning or systematically examining all parts of something. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > scanning devices scanner1927 1927 Public Opinion 18 Feb. 152/3 Place the ‘telegraph card’ on an endless band passing at a fixed rate under the ‘scanner’, while at the other end a reproduction soon tumbles into a basket. 1952 Progress Spring 34 The Time-Springdale electronic scanner was used to make, from an Ektachrome transparency, the negatives needed for the colour reproduction. 1958 Times Rev. Industry July 25/3 A beam-scanner with an output window of pure aluminium foil is fitted to the accelerator. 1970 New Scientist 27 Aug. 420/3 Trials with an airborne infrared scanner over the leaking oil well..demonstrated that oil shows up clearly on the scanner. 1977 Time 27 June 25/3 Using elaborate ‘scanners’ to monitor police radio channels, reporters were often at the spot of a reported sighting before the guards and dogs. b. Television. Any of several devices that permit the sequential transmission of an image or its subsequent reconstruction in a receiver. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > scanning devices mirror drum1927 scanning disc1927 scanner1929 Nipkow disc1934 line scan1938 scanning coil1938 1929 H. H. Sheldon & E. N. Grisewood Television xiv. 162 Another decided advantage of the drum-scanner is its compactness. 1958 Observer 12 Oct. 1/3 There is..a television-type scanner which can transmit pictures of the perpetually unseen far side of the moon. 1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xx. 31 Flying-spot scanners are used in broadcast stations in Europe for both color and monochrome film reproduction. c. A transmitting and receiving radar aerial, usually one that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a large area. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radar apparatus > aerial scanner1946 1946 Electronic Engin. 18 360/2 The speed of rotation of the scanner when manually controlled can be varied from 0 to 4 r.p.m. in either direction. 1965 New Scientist 15 July 130/1 The radar scanner continuously sweeps the sky, sending out its impulses and receiving back the reflected impulses. 1970 H. A. Taylor Airspeed Aircraft since 1931 172 The raised fuselage also permitted the aircraft to be loaded with the retractable air-to-surface-vessel ( asv) scanner, below and aft of the control cabin. d. Medicine. A machine for scanning the body and measuring the intensity of the radiation from different areas as a diagnostic aid, e.g. after administration of a radio-isotope; spec. = body scanner n. Also, a machine for directing ultrasound into the body and obtaining a visual representation of the reflections from different internal areas, analogous to a radar display or radiograph. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > scanning > [noun] > equipment used in scanner1951 scintiscanner1953 brain scanner1957 scintigraph1957 body scanner1959 photoscanner1959 imager1962 1951 Nucleonics Aug. 50/2 The first tests of the scanner were made with filter paper wetted with a solution containing radioiodine. 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 70 605/2 The scanner produces a picture of the distribution of the gamma-emitting activity present in a small area. 1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIV. 8/2 Scanners have been devised which can accurately fix the size of the thyroid gland and determine the presence of nodules or abnormalities in the shape of the gland. 1975 Wall St. Jrnl. 10 Dec. 1 The machine, known as a CAT scanner, produces in minutes an X-ray picture revealing the deadly tumor that had escaped her physicians' notice. 1977 Listener (N.Z.) 15 Jan. 10/1 Scanners are an important innovation because of their superior diagnostic capabilities over alternative techniques, and the enhanced degree of patient safety and comfort they offer. 1986 Daily Tel. 28 July 11/1 Modern scanners are accurate to ¹/ ₂₅ inch. 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. xii. 5/2 Ultrasound. High definition sector scanners provide an excellent real-time image of the gall-bladder. e. figurative. ΚΠ 1959 Listener 8 Jan. 83/2 The selectivity of your mind—your mental scanner—will quickly reveal what there is to be thought about. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 403 Work by an Oxford psychologist..suggested that the mechanism..involved the use of a ‘scanner’ in the brain which sifted through a large number of possible names. Compounds scanner font n. (also scanner fount) a typewriting fount that can be read by an optical character-recognition device. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] > typewriter type > type of font scanner font1968 1968 Amer. Documentation Jan. 74/2 A secretary types each record for scanner input, using a standard typewriter fitted with an ASA scanner font golfball. 1968 Amer. Documentation Jan. 74/2 The optical character reader..reads standard ASA scanner font: 26 alphabetic characters (all upper case), 10 digits, and 25 punctuation and special characters. 1969 Computers & Humanities 3 132 Each item to be entered into the file is coded; typed in asa scanner font; read by an optical scanner..onto magnetic tape; and, finally, entered into an infol file. 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