Term: scanning: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission
Candidate hypernym: reproduction: the act of making copies → 1
Candidate hypernym: post road: a road over which mail is carried → 0
Candidate hypernym: dugongidae: a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow → 0
Candidate hypernym: binturong: arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair → 0
Candidate hypernym: soup plate: a deep plate with a wide rim → 0
Candidate hypernym: fossorial foot: foot adapted for digging as in moles → 0
Candidate hypernym: slot: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail) → 0
Candidate hypernym: top banana: the leading comedian in a burlesque show → 0
Candidate hypernym: decigram: 1/10 gram → 0
Candidate hypernym: ditto mark: a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated → 0
Candidate hypernym: bullterrier: a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers → 0