TRACE DETECTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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