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Scanner
Scanner
scanner
scanner
See also: Scanner
English
Noun
scanner (plural scanners)
- A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
- He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
- A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
- A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
- A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
- One who scans.
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Descendants
- German: Scanner
Translations
device which scans documents
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radio receiver
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device that uses radiation to produce images
optical device
one who scans
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: scan‧ner
Etymology
Noun
scanner m (plural scanners, diminutive scannertje n)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ska.ne/
Verb
scanner
- to scan (to create a digital copy of an image using a scanner)
Conjugation
Conjugation of scanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | scanner | avoir scanné | |||||
| gerund | en scannant | en ayant scanné | |||||
| present participle | scannant /ska.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | scanné /ska.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | scanne /skan/ |
scannes /skan/ |
scanne /skan/ |
scannons /ska.nɔ̃/ |
scannez /ska.ne/ |
scannent /skan/ |
| imperfect | scannais /ska.nɛ/ |
scannais /ska.nɛ/ |
scannait /ska.nɛ/ |
scannions /ska.njɔ̃/ |
scanniez /ska.nje/ |
scannaient /ska.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | scannai /ska.ne/ |
scannas /ska.na/ |
scanna /ska.na/ |
scannâmes /ska.nam/ |
scannâtes /ska.nat/ |
scannèrent /ska.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | scannerai /skan.ʁe/ |
scanneras /skan.ʁa/ |
scannera /skan.ʁa/ |
scannerons /skan.ʁɔ̃/ |
scannerez /skan.ʁe/ |
scanneront /skan.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | scannerais /skan.ʁɛ/ |
scannerais /skan.ʁɛ/ |
scannerait /skan.ʁɛ/ |
scannerions /ska.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scanneriez /ska.nə.ʁje/ |
scanneraient /skan.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | scanne /skan/ |
scannes /skan/ |
scanne /skan/ |
scannions /ska.njɔ̃/ |
scanniez /ska.nje/ |
scannent /skan/ |
| imperfect1 |
scannasse /ska.nas/ |
scannasses /ska.nas/ |
scannât /ska.na/ |
scannassions /ska.na.sjɔ̃/ |
scannassiez /ska.na.sje/ |
scannassent /ska.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | scanne /skan/ |
— | scannons /ska.nɔ̃/ |
scannez /ska.ne/ |
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