different between tracer vs radiodiagnostics

English

Etymology

trace +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?e?s?(?)/, [?t??e?s?(?)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?e?s?/, [?t??e?s?]
• Rhymes: -e?s?(r)

Noun

tracer (plural tracers)

1. (chemistry) 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.

   Synonyms: tracer ammunition, tracer bullet

3. The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
   • 1964, Galaxy Magazine (volume 23, issues 1-6, page 125)

     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?
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.

Derived terms

• bead tracer
• dye tracer
• filtrate tracer
• flow tracer
• gas tracer
• intrinsic tracer
• packet tracer
• ray tracer
• signal tracer
• skip tracer
• tracer ammunition
• tracer bullet
• tracer element
• tracer log
• tracer round
• tracer shell

Translations

Anagrams

• Carter, Crater, arrect, carter, crater

French

Etymology

From Old French tracier, from Vulgar Latin *tracti?, from Latin tractum the past participle of trah?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a.se/

Verb

tracer

1. (transitive) to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
2. (transitive) to rule (a line)
3. (informal) to buck up, hurry up

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Descendants

• German: trassieren

Further reading

• “tracer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

radio- +? diagnostics

Noun

radiodiagnostics (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Diagnostics by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers.

Translations