TRACER Definition & Meaning

tracer

[ trey-ser ]

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noun

a person or thing that traces. trace.
a person whose business or work is the tracing tracing trace of missing property, parcels, persons, etc.
an inquiry sent from point to point to trace a missing shipment, parcel, or the like, as in a transportation system.
any of various devices for tracing tracing trace drawings, plans, etc.
Also called tracer ammunition. ammunition containing a chemical substance that causes a projectile to trail smoke or fire so as to make its path visible and indicate a target to other firers, especially at night.
the chemical substance contained in such ammunition.
a substance, especially a radioactive one, traced trace through a biological, chemical, or physical system in order to study the system.

tracer

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noun

a person or thing that traces
1. a projectile that can be observed when in flight by the burning of chemical substances in its base
2. ammunition consisting of such projectiles
3. ( as modifier )
  tracer fire
med any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolic processes, absorption, etc, by following its progress through the body with a gamma camera or other detector
an investigation to trace missing cargo, mail, etc

tracer

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An identifiable substance, such as a dye or radioactive isotope, that can be followed through the course of a mechanical, chemical, or biological process. Tracers are used in radioimmunoassays and other laboratory testing. The use of radioactive iodine, for example, can give information about thyroid gland metabolism.
Also called label

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Origin of tracer¹

First recorded in 1535–45; trace ¹ + -er ¹

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And then, much like the ball tracer technology used to review points in professional tennis, an animation showed that Poteet’s pitch had indeed clipped the corner of the strike zone.

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Anti-aircraft guns fire tracer into the sky for hours, aimed at the waves of Russian drones that cross the border near here to attack targets much deeper inside Ukraine – and sometimes in Sumy itself.

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Alzheimer's disease pathology was measured using PET scans with tracers that bind to amyloid plaques and tau tangles that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

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The actors could watch “tracer bullets” whiz past and see explosions in midair and the eyelines would all be correct.

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He's just doing this temporarily, working as a contact tracer in San Francisco.

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