What does tracer mean?
Definitions for tracer
ˈtreɪ sərtrac·er
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Princeton's WordNet
tracernoun
an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
tracernoun
an instrument used to make tracings
tracernoun
(radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
tracer, tracer bulletnoun
ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
Wiktionary
tracernoun
A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
tracernoun
A piece of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired at night.
tracernoun
The act of tracking or investigating something.
tracernoun
A person who traces something.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tracernoun
One that traces.
Etymology: from trace.
Ambassadors should not be held the tracers of a plot of such malice. James Howell.
ChatGPT
tracer
A tracer is a substance, typically radioactive or fluorescent, that is used to track or monitor biological processes, chemical reactions, or the movement of substances in a system. It can also refer to any entity that helps determine the origin, path, or location of something. The specific definition depends on the context in which it is used, such as healthcare, environmental science, or computer programming.
Webster Dictionary
Tracernoun
one who, or that which, traces
Wikidata
Tracer
Tracer is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe, in which he is an enemy of Spider-Man. His first appearance was in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TRACER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tracer is ranked #91221 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tracer surname appeared 202 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tracer.
95% or 192 total occurrences were White.
2.9% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Anagrams for tracer »
carter
Carter
crater
Crater
recart
arrect
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tracer in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tracer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of tracer in a Sentence
Our new knowledge of these structures could make it possible to diagnose CTE in living patients by developing tracer compounds that will specifically bind to the tau filaments of CTE.
We can refine our ways of analyzing this tracer in this larger sample and hopefully move this field even further.
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