Words Like TRACER

We have put together a list of words that are similar to TRACER.

1 Alternative Words Similar to tracer

1 Instrument Noun      Synonym Words Like Instrument

10 definitions of tracer

1 In ordnance, an attachment, to a projectile for use at night, provided with a burning composition by means of which, when the projectile is fired from a gun, its path throngh the air is rendered visible.
2 One who or that which traces, in any sense.
3 A small slender steel instrument, having a handle in the middle and its ends pointed more or less, and one of them usually also curved and edged, used in dissection as a compromise between scalpel and probe for tracing out the course of nerves, vessels, etc. It is usually held like a pen, and may be pushed into or drawn through tissue, as desired. Also called seeker.
4 One whose duty it is to trace or search out missing articles, as railway-cars, milk-cans, or letters.
5 c) An inquiry sent out from a post-office, express-office, railway-station, or other establishment after some missing letter, package, car, etc.
6 One who copies or makes tracings of drawings, etc.
7 An instrument, like a stylus, for tracing drawings, etc., on superimposed paper.
8 A simple kind of pantograph.
9 A tool, sometimes a small smooth-edged wheel set in a handle, by means of which a continuous line is impressed, as in ornamental metal-work.
10 A chemical used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
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