Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCANNING

ppr. Critically examining; resolving into feet, as verse.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scanning electron microscope

scan ning e lec tron mi cro scope (abbr.: SEM ) ▶noun an electron microscope in which the surface of a specimen is scanned by a beam of electrons that are reflected to form an image.

 

scanning tunneling microscope

scan ning tun nel ing mi cro scope (abbr.: STM ) ▶noun a high-resolution microscope using neither light nor an electron beam, but with an ultrafine tip able to reveal atomic and molecular details of surfaces.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scanning electron microscope

scanning electron microscope (abbrev.: SEM ) ▶noun an electron microscope in which the surface of a specimen is scanned by a beam of electrons that are reflected to form an image.

 

scanning tunnelling microscope

scanning tunnelling microscope (abbrev.: STM ) ▶noun a high-resolution microscope using neither light nor an electron beam, but with an ultra-fine tip able to reveal atomic and molecular details of surfaces.

 

Duden Dictionary

Scanning

Scan ning Substantiv, Neutrum Fachsprache , das |ˈskɛnɪŋ |das Scanning; Genitiv: des Scanning [s ], Plural: die Scannings englisch scanning, zu: to scan, scannen Untersuchung, Abtasten mithilfe eines Scanners

 

French Dictionary

scanning

scanning FORMES FAUTIVES Anglicisme pour balayage (d ’une zone de mémoire ). Anglicisme pour numérisation. : La numérisation (et non le *scanning ) d ’images et de photographies anciennes.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scanning

sc á n ning 名詞 U (X線などによる人体 荷物などの )走査, スキャニング ▸ brain scanning 脳の走査 .