1. Someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables 
2. An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
   - digital scanner, image scanner 
3. A radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area 
4. A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition
   "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels"
   - electronic scanner

Derived forms: scanners

See also: scan

Type of: data input device, detector, dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, electronic device, input device, reader, referee, reviewer, saucer

Encyclopedia: Scanner

• look away
• look back
• look backward
• look down on
• look for
• look forward
• look into
• look like
• look on
• look out on
• look out over
• look sharp
• look smart
• look to
• look up to
• look upon
• look-alike
• look-in
• look-over
• look-see
• lookdown
• lookdown fish
• looker
• looker-on
• looking