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explosive trace detection

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Noun1.explosive trace detection - 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
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system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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GAO-06-795 July 31, 2006 Mandated to screen all checked baggage by using explosive detection systems at airports by December 31, 2003, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed two types of screening equipment: explosive detection systems (EDS), which use computer-aided tomography X-rays to recognize explosives, and explosive trace detection (ETD) systems, which use chemical analysis to detect explosive residues.
Transportation Security Administration: Oversight of Explosive ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
RAND's National Security Research Division assessed the feasibility of using EDS machines, and whether less-expensive, explosive trace detection machines could shoulder part of the load.
Safer Skies: Baggage Screening and Beyond--With Supporting Analyses by Security Management
31, all checked baggage will be individually inspected, either by hand, wanding or swabbing with explosive trace detection wands.
TRAVELERS ENDURING SEASON OF WAITING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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