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∎ we scanned the horizon nous avons scruté l'horizon;∎ the troops scanned the sky for enemy planes les soldats scrutaient ou observaient le ciel à la recherche d'avions ennemis;∎ I scanned her face for some reaction j'ai scruté son visage pour y déceler quelque réaction(b) (consult quickly → report, notes) lire en diagonale, parcourir rapidement; (→ magazine) feuilleter; (→ screen, image) balayer; (→ tape, memory) lire;∎ he scans the local papers for bargains il parcourt le journal local à la recherche de bonnes affaires(d) Medicine examiner au scanner ou officially recommended term au scanographe, faire une scanographie de; (using ultrasound) faire une échographie à(f) Literature scanderLiterature se scander;∎ this line doesn't scan ce vers est faux3 noun∎ after a quick scan around the room they left ils examinèrent rapidement la pièce et s'en allèrent(b) Medicine (examination → by tomography) examen m au scanner ou officially recommended term au scanographe; (→ by ultrasound) échographie f;∎ to have a scan se faire faire un examen au scanner ou officially recommended term au scanographe; (ultrasound) se faire faire une échographie(c) Literature scansion fComputing (graphics) insérer par scanner ou scanneur, capturer au scanner ou au scanneur -
2 scan
[skæn] 1. past tense, past participle - scanned; verb1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) scruter2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) parcourir3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) balayer4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) scanner5) (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.) faire un scanner de6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.) (se) scander2. 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; écographie- scanner
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