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1 probe
[prəub] 1. noun1) (a long thin instrument used by doctors to examine a wound etc.) kanni2) (an investigation: a police probe into illegal activities.) rannsókn2. verb1) (to investigate: He probed into her private life.) rannsaka2) (to examine (as if) with a probe: The doctor probed the wound; He probed about in the hole with a stick.) kanna, skoða -
2 scan
[skæn] 1. past tense, past participle - scanned; verb1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) grannskoða2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) renna augum yfir3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) skanna með radar4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) lúta bragreglum5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.)6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.)2. nounShe had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report.)- scanner -
3 analyse
verb (to examine the nature of (something) especially by breaking up (a whole) into parts: The doctor analysed the blood sample.) greina -
4 investigate
[in'vestiɡeit](to examine or inquire into carefully: The police are investigating the mystery.) rannsaka, kanna- investigator
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