EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does explosive trace detection mean? 

• EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION (noun)
  The noun EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION 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 explosives

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION (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 ("explosive trace detection" is a kind of...):

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