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telescanner

telescanner noun: a scanner, especially one able to collect information from far away.

Noun

telescanner (plural telescanners)

  1. A scanner, especially one able to collect information from far away.
    • "If you or Dr. Rankin cares to start a search program with the telescanner, you have my blessing."1985, Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, Emprise, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 259

Forms of telescanner

pluraltelescanners

Origin of telescanner

From tele- + scanner.

Questions about telescanner

What does telescanner mean?
Telescanner means a scanner, especially one able to collect information from far away.
What part of speech is telescanner?
Telescanner is a noun.
What is the plural of telescanner?
The plural of telescanner is telescanners.

Words near telescanner in the dictionary

  1. telesalespeople
  2. telesalesperson
  3. telesalespersons
  4. telesatellite
  5. telesatellites
  6. telescanner
  7. telescanners
  8. telescience
  9. telescientific
  10. telescopable
  11. telescope

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