Someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables.

An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer.

synonyms: digital scanner, image scanner.

Dutch: scanner
Polish: skaner

A radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area.

Dutch: leeseenheid, lezer

A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition:
— They used scanners to monitor police radio channels.

synonym: electronic scanner.