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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

추적자

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chujeokja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tracer/ˈtreɪ.sər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"과학자들은 방사성 추적자를 사용했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device, substance, or person that makes the course or trail of something visible or trackable.

    "Medical researchers used a radioactive tracer to monitor blood flow through the heart."
  2. 2

    A bullet or shell containing a pyrotechnic charge that leaves a visible luminescent trail in flight to allow observation of the trajectory.

    "Every fifth round in the belt was a tracer, lighting up the night sky."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English verb 'tracen', which traces back to Old French 'tracer' (meaning to track, follow, or beat a path), ultimately originating from the Vulgar Latin *tractiare (to draw, pull, or trace out). The noun form emerged to describe a person or device that tracks or marks a path, trajectory, or presence.

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