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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	scanning	scanningen	scanningar	scanningarna
Genitive	scannings	scanningens	scanningars	scanningarnas

Derived terms

• självscanning (“self-scan”)

References

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