Meaning of Tracer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
2. A round 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 in the dark.
3. The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
4. A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
5. A person who traces something.
6. A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
7. A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.

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Examples

“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?”

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

“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”

“The next morning when she awoke, she told Darcy what had happened, and Darcy agreed that she should go to the police and this time ask⟳ them if they could put⟳ a tracer on her incoming phone calls, just in case he called again.”

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