scan

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"

conform to a metrical pattern

move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

read metrically; "scan verses"

obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"