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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
Types & categories
- photography hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission
Types & categories
- replication hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | photography |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | replication |