ETD

Definitions of ETD
  1. noun
    a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
    synonyms: explosive trace detection
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    type of:
    system
    instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
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