scanning, n.
(scannings)
(scannings)
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>
scanning
semantic pointers
hypernym
the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
<noun.process>
scanning
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym