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TRACE DETECTOR
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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)