trace detector

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   a screening device for traces of explosives; used at airline terminals

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Questions about trace detector

What does trace detector mean?

trace detector means "a screening device for traces of explosives; used at airline terminals".

Is trace detector a common word?

trace detector is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.