telescanner

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noun

A scanner, especially one able to collect information from far away.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nountelescanner (plural telescanners)

plural telescanners

  1. literatureA 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

Origin

From tele- + scanner.

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APA

telescanner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telescanner

MLA

“telescanner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telescanner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telescanner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telescanner.

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