In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCANNER
scanner, electronic scanner
(noun) a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition; “they used scanners to monitor police radio channels”
scanner
(noun) a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area
scanner, digital scanner, image scanner
(noun) an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
scanner
(noun) someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scanner (plural scanners)
A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
One who scans.
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Source: Wiktionary
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