optical scanner

collocation in English

meaningsofopticalandscanner

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optical
adjective
uk
/ˈɒp.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈɑːp.tɪ.kəl/
relating to light or the ability ...
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scanner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈskæn.ər/us
/ˈskæn.ɚ/
a device for making images of the inside of the body or for reading information into a ...
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(Definition ofopticalandscannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoptical scanner

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The bunches pass a widebandopticalscanner, which detects the position of the individual particles.
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At the bottom of a data page is the machine-readable zone, which can be read both visually and by anopticalscanner.
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The topography of the stressed structure including radii of curvature can be measured usingopticalscannermethods.
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The paper ballots are voted on and then a privacy-preserving portion of the ballot is scanned by anopticalscanner.
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These files are then processed by the optical character recognition system, where many fields are completed by the computerizedopticalscanner.
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A voter in a punch-card county has a greater chance of having his vote undercounted than a voter in anopticalscannercounty.
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We have provided £600,000 for optical scanners and 11 million voter registration forms.
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The first suggestion to use mark sense technology to count ballots came in 1953, but practical optical scanners did not emerge until the 1960s.
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The alphanumeric code at the bottom of the data page makes it readable with optical scanners, such as the airport ones.
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Optical scanners now make digital copies of paper documents.
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Barcodes originally were scanned by special optical scanners called barcode readers.
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