Tracer

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Tracer may refer to:

Histochemical tracer, a substance used for tracing purposes in histochemistry, the study of the composition of cells and tissues
Isotopic tracer, a substance with an isotope that has been enriched to a greater level than that found in nature
Radioactive tracer, a substance containing a radioisotope that is used for tracking purposes
Flow tracer, any fluid property used to track fluid motion:
- Dye tracer
- In the ocean, salinity, potential temperature, and the concentration of many different chemical compounds
Tracer ammunition, special bullets that burn brightly to enable the shooter to follow the bullets' trajectories
Mercury Tracer, an automobile
TRACER (cosmic ray detector) (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation), a balloon-borne cosmic ray detector
TRACER (Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter Concealment Enabled Radar) is a mid-range, long wavelength synthetic aperture radar system developed by the United States Army.
Grumman E-1 Tracer, a carrier-borne early warning aircraft used by the United States Navy in the 1960s.

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