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Plural of scanner

regular plural

The plural of scanner is scanners.

Forms of scanner

Singularscanner /ˈskænə/
Pluralscanners
Countablecountable

Scanners in a sentence

  • Scanners detect the radiation from the isotope to create an image, enabling diagnosis.2013, Paul Parsons, Gail Dixon, The Periodic Table: A Field Guide to the Elements, London: Quercus, →ISBN. From the entry moly cow
  • It can take the form of light-guided systems (pick-to-light), voice-directed commands (voice picking), wearable scanners, or even augmented reality glasses.2025 August 18, Richard, “E Picking: Transforming Warehouse Operations with Smarter Digital Logistics”, in Cinsoft, United States…. From the entry e-picking
  • Everyone is on the scanners talking about it.2016, Mongiwekhaya, I See You / Ngiyakubona / Ek Sien Jou / Ndiyakubona, London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, →ISBN, scene 4, page 22. From the entry whatsapp
  • Voice picking, or voice-directed warehousing (VDW), allows warehouse operatives to perform tasks through verbal commands, eliminating the need for handheld scanners or paper pick lists.2025 May 2, Mol Doak, “Voice Picking Technology Set to Revolutionise UK Warehousing in 2025”, in News Today, United Kingdom, archived from…. From the entry voice-directed warehousing
  • None of the VirusTotal anti-virus scanners detected the CySource researchers' Base64 encoded payload added to the metadata of the malicious DjVu file.2022 April 26, Juha Saarinen, "Google's VirusTotal Service Vulnerable for Over Eight Months", iTnews. From the entry djvu

Meaning of scanner

  1. noun One who scans.
  2. noun A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
  3. noun A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.

Full definition of scanner

Questions about the plural of scanner

What is the plural of scanner?
The plural of scanner is scanners.
Is scanner countable?
Scanner is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scanner (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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