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TRACE DETECTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trace detector mean?
• TRACE DETECTOR (noun)
The noun TRACE DETECTOR has 1 sense:
1. a screening device for traces of explosives; used at airline terminals
Familiarity information: TRACE DETECTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A screening device for traces of explosives; used at airline terminals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trace detector" is a kind of...):
detector; sensing element; sensor (any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner)
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