scanner
/ˈskænə(r)/noun
उच्चारण स्कैनर
स्कैनर
Core word
noun
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[C]
a device for copying pictures and documents so that they can be stored on a computer
स्कैनर
- Put your certificate on the scanner and save it as a PDF.
- Place the form on the scanner glass and press the green button.
- The office scanner is faster than the old one.
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- I used a scanner to save my mark sheets as files.
- The scanner would not work until the driver was installed.
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[C]
a machine used by doctors to produce an image of the inside of a person's body
(चिकित्सा) स्कैनर, स्कैन मशीन
- The hospital has bought a new MRI scanner.
- The scanner showed a small stone in the kidney.
- He lay still inside the scanner for twenty minutes.
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- The scanner produces clear pictures of the heart.
- Only a few small hospitals have a full-body scanner.
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[C]
a device that reads information, for example a barcode, or that checks people or bags for hidden objects
स्कैनर (बारकोड, सामान आदि जाँचने वाला उपकरण)
- All bags pass through a scanner at the airport.
- a barcode scanner
- The cashier ran the packet over the scanner and it beeped.
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- Passengers must put their phones in the tray before the scanner.
- A fingerprint scanner opens the office door.
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scan verb