scanning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskænɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: scan‧ning

Verb

scanning

1. present participle and gerund of scan

Noun

scanning (plural scannings)

1. The act of something being scanned.
   • 1994, IGIC, Inc. Staff, Fiber Optic Sensors, page 147:

     In the other case the scanner performs a given number of scannings, thus giving an automatic display of the complete set of measuring points.

   • 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:

     In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.

Derived terms

• differential scanning calorimetry
• low-dose CT scanning
• monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
• scanning electron micrograph
• scanning electron microscope
• scanning electron microscopy
• scanning transmission electron microscope
• scanning tunneling microscope

Anagrams

• cannings

Swedish

Alternative forms

• skanning

Noun

scanning c

1. scanning (e.g. of documents or barcodes)

Declension

Declension of scanning

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	scanning	scannings
	definite	scanningen	scanningens
plural	indefinite	scanningar	scanningars
	definite	scanningarna	scanningarnas

Derived terms

• självscanning (“self-scan”)

References

• scanning in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• scanning in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)