tracer
IPA: trˈeɪsɝ
noun
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- A person who traces something.
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
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Examples of "tracer" in Sentences
- OH as a tracer of shock conditions.
- No tracer or self destruct functions.
- Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary.
- It is routinely used as a neuronal tracer.
- They are commonly used as a tracer agents.
- There was no attempt to recreate tracer rounds.
- The size of the tracer is around the micrometre.
- The tracer supply is variable to optimize the null point appraisal.
- Tracers are used in oceanography to deduce flow patterns in the ocean.
- There are three types of tracers bright tracer, subdued tracer and dim tracer.