Are you trying to hyphenate SCAN? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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The act of scanning Systematic examination of a prescribed region He made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars |
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An image produced by scanning He analyzed the brain scan You could see the tumor in the CAT scan |
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Examine minutely or intensely The surgeon scanned the X-ray |
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Examine hastily She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi |
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Make a wide, sweeping search of The beams scanned the night sky |
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Conform to a metrical pattern |
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Move a light beam over In electronics, to reproduce an image |
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Read metrically Scan verses |
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Obtain data from magnetic tapes This dictionary can be read by the computer |