backscan

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noun

A scan from the back or rear side.

Opposite
forescan
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounbackscan (countable and uncountable, plural backscans)

plural backscans

  1. countablerareuncountableA scan from the back or rear side.

    Antonyms: forescan

verbbackscan (third-person singular simple present backscans, present participle backscanning, simple past and past participle backscanned)

present singular third person backscans · participle present backscanning · participle past backscanned · past backscanned

  1. raretransitiveTo scan something from the back or rear side.

    If at any stage it is impossible to make the required allocation of a node or line, or after the last E-word to find other realisations with the same mesh point 1, the control stream is backscanned by the interpreter to the first significant new allocation and the forward scan restarted.

    1968, Machine Intelligence, Volume 2, page 86

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA scan from the back or rear side.

Opposite
forescan

Origin

From back- + scan.

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APA

backscan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backscan

MLA

“backscan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backscan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backscan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backscan.

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