EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION

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 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 ("explosive trace detection" is a kind of...):

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

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