"scanning" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskænɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-scanning.ogg [US] Forms: scannings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scanning (plural scannings)
  1. The act of something being scanned. Derived forms: differential scanning calorimetry, low-dose CT scanning, monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope, scanning electron micrograph, scanning electron microscope, scanning electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscope, scanning tunneling microscope
    Sense id: en-scanning-en-noun-kbB~FBhB

Verb

IPA: /ˈskænɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-scanning.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scanning
  1. present participle and gerund of scan Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scan
    Sense id: en-scanning-en-verb-KPkMooJ3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87

Inflected forms

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