Tracer Definition

trāsər
tracers
noun
tracers
One who is employed to locate missing goods or persons.
American Heritage
A person or thing that traces.
Webster's New World
An inquiry sent out for a letter, package, etc. that is missing in transport.
Webster's New World
Any of several instruments used in making tracings or in imprinting designs by tracing.
American Heritage
Ammunition that traces its own course in the air with a trail of smoke or fire, so as to facilitate adjustment of the aim.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Tracer

Noun

Singular:
tracer
Plural:
tracers

Origin of Tracer

  • trace +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

Tracer Sentence Examples

  • The license plate had been removed but Dean had a tracer placed on the vehicle identification number, a procedure that would take a couple of days.

  • On one occasion a machine gun was also being used firing tracer bullets.

  • We now sketch a simple strategy for using the tracer which copes with several of the symptom s described above.

  • We impose an artificial change in the thermal forcing and inject a tracer into the NW Atlantic.

  • This allows the labeled tracer to be prepared in advance and injected into a patient at any time over the subsequent six hours.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

RERCER

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With R