Tracer

//ˈtɹeɪsə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "tracer" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(1 words)

alpha radiator atom atomic cocktail atomic model ball bar shot beta radiator bird shot buckshot bullet cannon shot

Strong matches (17)

cannonball case shot cobalt crossbar shot duck shot dumdum bullet expanding bullet fission products fluorescent paint gamma radiator grape grapeshot ion langrel shot manstopping bullet nuclear atom nuclide

Related words (29)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

ammo ammunition detective instrument investigator police detective radioisotope tec

derived

20 entries

bead tracer contact tracer dye tracer filtrate tracer flow tracer gas tracer intrinsic tracer packet tracer path tracer radioactive tracer ray tracer signal tracer skip tracer skip-tracer tracer ammunition tracer bullet

Showing 16 of 20 words.

derived from

1 entries

trace

has context

2 entries

chemistry radiology

is a

4 entries

ammunition detective instrument radioisotope

related to

12 entries

ammunition compound dark device element firearm flammable instrument isotope magnesium trace tracing

Translations

15 translations across 9 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

دخيرة خطّاطة noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

Bulgarian

2 entries

белязан атом noun (A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process)
трасиращ куршум noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

Dutch

2 entries

lichtspoormunitie noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)
tracer noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

Finnish

4 entries

jäljittäjä noun (A person who traces something)
markkeri noun (A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process)
merkkiaine noun (A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process)
valojuova-ammus noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

French

1 entries

marqueur noun (A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process)

German

1 entries

Leuchtspurmunition noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

Hungarian

1 entries

fényjelző lőszer noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

Irish

1 entries

rianaí noun (A person who traces something)

Korean

1 entries

예광탄 noun (A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Positron Emission Tomography uses a radioactive tracer to visualize metabolic activity within the human body.

Source: tatoeba (433890)

We have a five-man tracer on him now. He's heading for a Vorster cell on Michigan Boulevard, and he's drunk as a lord. Should we intercept him?

Source: wiktionary

A surveyor typically conducts a tracer on his or her own and later meets up with the rest of the team to discuss findings.

Source: wiktionary

Ain't never running but I'm a paper chasing They gon catch up to me, they gon need a pacer How they over-watching me without a tracer

Source: wiktionary

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