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ETD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ETD mean? 

ETD (noun)
  The noun ETD has 1 sense:

1. a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosivesplay

  Familiarity information: ETD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ETD; explosive trace detection

Hypernyms ("ETD" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)


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