explosive trace detection

Definitions of explosive trace detection
  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: ETD
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    system
    instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
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