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ETD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (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
Synonyms:
ETD; explosive trace detection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ETD" is a kind of...):
system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)