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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
trac·er
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n.
a person or thing that traces something or by which something may be traced, in particular:
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a bullet or shell whose course is made visible in flight by a trail of flames or smoke, used to assist in aiming.
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a substance introduced into a biological organism or other system so that its subsequent distribution can be readily followed from its color, fluorescence, radioactivity, or other distinctive property.
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a device that transmits a signal and so can be located when attached to a moving vehicle or other object.
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