different between scanner vs flatbed

English

Etymology

From scan +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?skæn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?skæn?/
• Rhymes: -æn?(?)

Noun

scanner (plural scanners)

1. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

2. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
3. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
4. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
5. One who scans. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• canners

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scanner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?.n?r/
• Hyphenation: scan?ner

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners, diminutive scannertje n)

1. scanner (scanning device)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English scan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ska.ne/

Verb

scanner

1. to scan (to create a digital copy of an image using a scanner)

Conjugation

Related terms

• scanneur
• scantrad

Further reading

• “scanner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English scan +? -er.

Verb

scanner (gerund scann'nie)

1. (Jersey, computing, etc.) to scan

Derived terms

• scanneu (“scanner”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English scanner.

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners)

1. Alternative form of escâner

Spanish

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners or scanner)

1. Alternative spelling of escáner

English

Etymology

flat +? bed

Noun

flatbed (plural flatbeds)

1. An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
2. A railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar.
3. (computing) A document scanner with a flat bed.

Translations

Adjective

flatbed (not comparable)

1. Having a flat bed.

   I can't scan the whole document quickly because I only have a flatbed scanner.

   The accident left the contents of a flatbed trailer scattered across all three lanes.

Verb

flatbed (third-person singular simple present flatbeds, present participle flatbedding, simple past and past participle flatbedded)

1. To transport by flatbed.

Usage notes

The verb "to flatbed" is most commonly used when referring to the transportation of a vehicle, to make it clear that the vehicle is not being driven.