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rescan

rescan verb: to scan again.

Verb

rescan (third-person singular simple present rescans, present participle rescanning, simple past and past participle rescanned)

  1. To scan again.

Noun

rescan (plural rescans)

  1. A repeated scan; the act or result of scanning again.

Forms of rescan

Verb
third-person singular presentrescans
present participlerescanning
past participlerescanned
pastrescanned
Noun
pluralrescans

Origin of rescan

From re- + scan.

Questions about rescan

What does rescan mean?
Rescan means to scan again.
What part of speech is rescan?
Rescan can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of rescan?
The past tense of rescan is rescanned.

Words near rescan in the dictionary

  1. rescaler
  2. rescalers
  3. rescales
  4. rescaling
  5. rescalings
  6. rescan
  7. rescanned
  8. rescanning
  9. rescannings
  10. rescans
  11. rescatter

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