Look up: tracer

1. Tracer
   Additive to facilitate location of deposit eg. radioactive or fluorescent material.
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2. tracer
   [n] - an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods 2. [n] - an instrument used to make tracings 3. [n] - (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes 4. [n] - ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
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3. Tracer
   Phosphorescent machine-gun bullet which glowed in flight, indicating course as a aid to aiming.
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4. Tracer
   Radioactive tracers are injected into a patient to examine the function of organs and blood supplies within the body. Technetium is often used as it emits gamma radiation which can be detected outside the patient's body. A gamma camera is used to detect the radiation as it travels around the parts of the body of interest
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5. Tracer
   (1) a foreign substance mixed with or attached to a given substance for the determination of the location or distribution of the substance. (2) an element or compound that has been made radioactive so that it can be easily followed (traced) in biological
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6. tracer
   a means of identifying polarity.Two common types are ridges along the axis of the insulation perceptible to the touch,and bands of contrasting colour in braid or wind Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a stable or radioactive nuclide that can be detected at several stages of a...
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7. tracer
   1. An element or compound containing atoms that can be distinguished from their normal counterparts by physical means (e.g., radioactivity assay or mass spectrography) and can thus be used to follow (trace) the metabolism of the normal substances. ... 2. A coloured substance (e.g., a dye) used as a ...
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8. tracer
   tracer bullet noun ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
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9. tracer
   noun an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
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10. tracer
    (trās´әr) a means or agent by which certain substances or structures can be identified or followed, as a radioactive tracer. a mechanical device by which the outline of an object or the direction and extent of movement of a part may be graphically recorded; see also tracing. a diss...
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11. Tracer
    • (n.) An inquiry sent out (esp. in transportation service) for a missing article, as a letter or an express package. • (n.) A person engaged (esp. in the express or railway service) in tracing, or searching out, missing articles, as packages or freight cars. • (n.) One who, or that which, traces.
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12. tracer
    detectable substance added to a chemical, biological, or physical system to follow its process or to study distribution of the substance in the ...
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13. Tracer
    [Marvel Comics] Tracer is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. His first appearance was in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1. ==Fictional character biography== Tracer claims to be a "machine god" that the artificial int...
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14. Tracer
    [DC Comics] Tracer is the name of two fictional supervillains published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Justice League Europe #16 (July 1990), and was created by Keith Giffen, Gerard Jones and Bart Sears. Like the rest of the Extremists he is based on a Marvel Comics villain, in his case ...
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15. tracer
    a nuclide - stable or radioactive - that can be detected at several stages of a biological, chemical, or other process
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16. tracer
    tracer, an identifiable substance used to follow the course of a physical, chemical, or biological process. In chemistry the ideal tracer has the same chemical properties as the molecule it replaces and undergoes the same reactions but can at all times be detectible and quantitatively assessed. In b...
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17. Tracer
    Tracer is a type of ammunition containing a small flare in the base of the projectile which is ignited by the primer, thus enabling the operator of a weapon to trace the projectile's flight.
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18. tracer
    Type: Term Pronunciation: trās′ĕr Definitions: 1. An element or compound containing atoms that can be distinguished from their normal counterparts by physical means (radioactivity assay or mass spectrography) and can thus be used to follow (trace) the metabolism of the normal substan...
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19. tracer
    In science, a small quantity of a radioactive isotope (form of an element) used to follow the path of a substance. Certain chemical reactions or physical or biological processes can then be monitored. The location (and possibly concentration) of the tracer is usually detected by using a Geiger–Muller counter. For example, the activity of the t...
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20. tracer
    A substance (such as a radioisotope) used in imaging procedures.
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21. TRACER
    [cosmic ray detector] Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation (TRACER) is a balloon flown cosmic ray detector built and designed at the University of Chicago. The detector is designed to measure the energy spectra of cosmic ray nuclei with atomic numbers between five and twenty-six (boron to iron). ...
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22. Tracer
    [Transformers] == Licensing: == ...
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23. Tracer
    [bus] Tracer is the public bus system for the city of Tracy, California, USA and the bus system is unique in that since 2002 every April and December the buses are 100% free to all riders. ==Operations== The service provides four circulator routes. The buses are designated by letters A throu...
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