tracer
A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural processA compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
» Positron Emission Tomography uses a radioactive tracer to visualize metabolic activity within the human body.
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7 sensesA 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.
Leuchtspurmunition
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.
an instrument used to make tracings
A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
Examples
1 sentencesPositron Emission Tomography uses a radioactive tracer to visualize metabolic activity within the human body.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From trace + -er.From trace + -er.
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Forms
plural: tracersSynonyms
2 synonyms- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke:tracer bullet