scanner
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
Types & categories
- reviewer hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
Sense 2 noun
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
Types & categories
- data input device hypernym
- electronic device hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
Sense 3 noun
a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
Types & categories
- dish aerial hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- detector hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reviewer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | data input device |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | electronic device |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dish aerial |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | detector |