Meaning

• Close investigation.

• An instance of scanning.

  "The operators vacated the room during the scan."

• The result or output of a scanning process.

  "The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis."

Meaning

• To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.

  "She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for."

• To look about for; to look over quickly.

  "He scanned the horizon."

• To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.

  "Pencil drawings don't scan very well."

• To read with an electronic device.

  "to scan a barcode; to scan a QR code"

• To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

• To read or mark so as to show a specific meter.

  "to scan verse"