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synonyms for scan

  • browse
  • check
  • examine
  • flash
  • flip through
  • leaf through
  • look through
  • scour
  • search
  • skim
  • thumb through
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • inquire
  • investigate
  • look
  • overlook
  • regard
  • riff
  • riffle
  • rumble
  • study
  • survey
  • sweep
  • dip into
  • give the once-over
  • glance at
  • glance over
  • have a look-see
  • look up and down
  • run over
  • run through
  • size up
  • take a gander
  • take stock of
See also synonyms for: scanned / scanning
On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scan, such as: browse, check, examine, flash, flip through, and leaf through.

antonyms for scan

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  • discard
  • disregard
  • forget
  • ignore
  • look away
  • neglect
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How to use scan in a sentence

As you are doing a scan, you see examples of real hearts, comparing the scan you just acquired to hearts with varying degrees of contraction, an indication of heart function.
TRAINING CLINICIANS TO SPOT HEART FAILURE IN COVID-19 PATIENTSTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Currently, scans frequently take more than half an hour, and children are often sedated or anesthetized to help doctors capture good images.
FACEBOOK AND NYU RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A WAY TO SPEED UP MRI SCANSJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNE
These products film students in their homes and often require them to complete “room scans,” which involve using their camera to show their surroundings.
SOFTWARE THAT MONITORS STUDENTS DURING TESTS PERPETUATES INEQUALITY AND VIOLATES THEIR PRIVACYAMY NORDRUMAUGUST 7, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Brain scans have detected the so-called “neural correlates” of breakfast, neuronal activity correlated with, say the consumption of a cantaloupe.
THE HARD PROBLEM OF BREAKFAST - ISSUE 88: LOVE & SEXJONATHAN BINESAUGUST 5, 2020NAUTILUS
In April, astronauts on board the space station successfully used the software to perform kidney and bladder ultrasound scans without help from ground control.
WHAT WILL ASTRONAUTS NEED TO SURVIVE THE DANGEROUS JOURNEY TO MARS?MARIA TEMMINGJULY 15, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Check out detailed scans of a woman who was mummified when Egypt was part of the Roman Empire.
LET’S LEARN ABOUT MUMMIESBETHANY BROOKSHIREJULY 8, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Analyzing the velocities of particles whooshing this way and that in spots on the cross-sectional scans let the scientists figure out the elaborate structure.
LARVACEANS’ UNDERWATER ‘SNOT PALACES’ BOAST ELABORATE PLUMBINGSUSAN MILIUSJUNE 15, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Astronomers based at the California Institute of Technology saw the alert and performed a quick scan of their own data.
A SURPRISE DISCOVERY POINTS TO THE SOURCE OF FAST RADIO BURSTSSHANNON HALLJUNE 11, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
The new scans exposed features that weren’t visible from the outside — including the giant teeth.
SABER-TOOTHED ANCHOVY RELATIVES WERE ONCE FEARSOME HUNTERSCAROLYN WILKEJUNE 11, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Those scans revealed that the Mesozoic bird had little but size in common with today’s nectar-sipping hummingbirds.
THIS DINOSAUR WAS NO BIGGER THAN A HUMMINGBIRDCAROLYN GRAMLINGAPRIL 13, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
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WORDS RELATED TO SCAN

  • catch
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • descry
  • discern
  • distinguish
  • earmark
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • feast one's eyes
  • flash
  • lay eyes on
  • note
  • notice
  • observe
  • perceive
  • regard
  • scan
  • see
  • spot
  • spy
  • survey
  • view
  • watch
  • witness
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