EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does explosive detection system mean? 

• EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports

  Familiarity information: EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

EDS; explosive detection system

Hypernyms ("explosive detection system" is a kind of...):

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