Tracer - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtreɪsər|  American pronunciation of the word tracer
Brit.  |ˈtreɪsə|  British pronunciation of the word tracer

noun

- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke

Extra examples

The enemy fired tracers at the aircraft carrier.

They injected her with a radioactive tracer and tracked it via X-rays.

Word forms

noun
singular: tracer
plural: tracers
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