tracer

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

tracer bullet

trace program

tracing routine

tracker

plotter

etcher

flare

inscriber

pen

🖊️

sketcher

tracer shell

tracing

transcriber

delineator

radioindicator

trace routine

tracking program

die sinker

isotopic tracer

tracer isotope

isotopic indicator

light tracer

carver

flow tracer routine

copier

copyist

drafter

enquirer

Translations

traceur

trazador

Tracer

tracciante

ιχνηλάτης

diseñador

ανιχνευτής

Ablaufverfolger

marqueur

traçador

ιχνηθέτης

αντιγραφέας

traçadores

ιχνογράφος

Laufzettel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹeɪsə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From trace + -er.