scanning
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.act)
2. the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer (noun.process)
hypernym | : | photography, |
definition | : | the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces (noun.process) |
derivation | : | scan, |
definition | : | move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | scan, |
definition | : | move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image (verb.motion) |
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