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PRONUNCIATION OF TRACER BULLET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRACER BULLET

noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tracer bullet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRACER BULLET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tracer bullet in the English dictionary

The definition of tracer bullet in the dictionary is a round of small arms ammunition containing a tracer.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRACER BULLET

trace
trace element
trace fossil
traceability
traceable
traceableness
traceably
traceless
tracelessly
tracer
traceried
traceries
tracery
traceur
trachea
tracheae
tracheal
trachearian
tracheary
tracheate

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRACER BULLET

ballet
billet
bite the bullet
bullet
cullet
dumdum bullet
grey mullet
gullet
magic bullet
mullet
pallet
percussion bullet
plastic bullet
pullet
red mullet
rubber bullet
silver bullet
surmullet
wallet
yellow-eye mullet

Synonyms and antonyms of tracer bullet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tracer bullet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRACER BULLET

Find out the translation of tracer bullet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tracer bullet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tracer bullet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

曳光弹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bala trazadora
570 millions of speakers

English

tracer bullet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रेसर गोली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التتبع رصاصة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трассирующей пулей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tracer bullet
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্রেকার বুলেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balle traçante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peluru peluru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tracer- Kugel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

曳光弾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추적 총알
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peluru peluru
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vết đạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிரேசர் புல்லட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोधक बुलेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iz kurşun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tracciante proiettile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tracer kula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трасуючою кулею
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trasor glonț
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τροχιοδεικτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tracer bullet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spårljusprojektils
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tracer bullet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tracer bullet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRACER BULLET»

The term «tracer bullet» is normally little used and occupies the 143.900 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRACER BULLET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tracer bullet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRACER BULLET»

Discover the use of tracer bullet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tracer bullet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chemical Analysis of Firearms, Ammunition, and Gunshot Residue
A tracer bullet has a cavity at the base which is filled with a mixture of substances that are ignited by the propellant. The bullets are available in a range of rifle, pistol, and revolver calibers, although they are more common in rifle calibers.
James Smyth Wallace, 2008
2
Managing Software Debt: Building for Inevitable Change
Tracer Bullet Dave Thomas described the use of tracer bullets in gunnery artillery this way: Ifyour target is moving, or ifyou don't know all the factors, you use tracer bullets—little phosphorous rounds intermixed with real rounds in your gun.
Chris Sterling, 2010
3
Hearings before the Special Committee Investigating the ...
The tracer bullet is also incendiary. but that is not its main function. Senator BONE. Mr. Ball is a very practical gentleman, as he indicates in his very free use of the term “palm oil ” and “ grease.” He goes 011. does this very practical gentleman, ...
4
Beginning Mobile Application Development in the Cloud
You need to build a tracer bullet that works from top to bottom. It does not need to be functional, but it does need to prove that all the pieces of technology can talk to each other. TRY IT OUT: Using a Tracer Bullet In this example, you'll create a ...
Richard Rodger, 2011
5
Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
A tracer bullet, made of magnesium or other incendiary components, leaves a trail of light as it passes through the air. The MTRP technique fires a tracer bullet vertically into the air, and from a point somewhat distant, a surveyor sights in on the ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1983
6
London 1914-17: The Zeppelin Menace
Orders for the Buckingham bullet followed too, and in June 1916 a new tracer bullet, the Sparklet, was added to the arsenal, developed by the makers of the Sparklet soda siphon. THE LAST RAIDS OF SPRING Bad weather thwarted an ...
Ian Castle, 2008
7
Weapons of Mass Casualties and Terrorism Response Handbook
Absorption of phosphorus fragments may result from either an explosion of a phosphorus-based shell or a bullet wound inflicted by a tracer bullet.27 Pieces of flaming white phosphorus remaining in patients' wounds should be extinguished by ...
Charles Edward Stewart, 2006
8
Special Forces Sniper Skills
The tracer bullet has chemicals inside towards the slightly extended rear, usually a mixture of magnesium metal, a perchlorate and strontium salts, which are ignited by firing the round. Once the chemicals are ignited, they give off light, ...
Robert Stirling, 2012
9
Gunsmithing - Rifles
One is that the military required the M856 tracer bullet to be fully-stabilized to the full Here I'm measuring the distance from the receiver face to the bolt face, to calculate the headspace for the new barrel. As with the collar measurements, when ...
Patrick Sweeney, 1999
10
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Ordnance, see tracer bullet. tracer bullet Ordnance, a bullet that contains a pyrotechnic composition designed to burn during flight, thus making the trajectory visible in light or darkness. Similarly, tracer mixture. tracer gas Engineering, a gas  ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRACER BULLET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tracer bullet is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wildfires Spark up in Basin
It burned five acres and was caused when someone fired a tracer bullet. Two engines from the Ten Sleep Rural Fire District, and one engine and one tender ... «mybighornbasin, Jul 15»
2
sports-touring Tracer bullet
Yamaha MT09 sports-touring Tracer bullet. Yamaha's new MT-09 expunges PAUL OWEN'S previous misgivings and becomes the best of its type in terms of ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
3
PolyCase Ammunition's Innovative Polymer Bullet Design
FireFly: PolyCase Ammunition's tracer bullet! Visible in full daylight, the bright tracer compound allows shooters to track their shots from muzzle to target, making ... «AmmoLand.com, Jan 15»
4
'Fury' is missing fast
Whenever the movie named after tank shows a tank in a tank fight, it's awesome…even if for some reason the Nazis all use green “tracer bullets” and the all use ... «Boulder Weekly, Oct 14»
5
Beech Grove Firearms could be loss after fire
While the investigation is still ongoing, the store's owner says he believes the fire was started by a tracer bullet. Those bullets are not allowed at the range and ... «WISH-TV, Oct 14»
6
India's new tall, shouty envisioneer
Ravi: "A tracer bullet, man, a tracer bullet! Not an ordinary bullet, I'm thinking specifically of a tracer bullet. Imagine you, or the bat, or some other relevant entity ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Aug 14»
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TV Recap: 'Almost Human: You Are Here'
“If the shooter wants you dead,” he tells them, “the bullet will find you. ... That same Natalie warms up the tracer bullet for a demo with the potential buyer and lets ... «Science Fiction, Jan 14»
8
'Commentating is my life'
On the flipside, there is the endless travel and the jibes about his expressions like 'tracer bullet.' Shastri has his defence: “I am not an English Literature teacher ... «The Hindu, Dec 13»
9
'Calvin and Hobbes' creator Bill Watterson gives rare interview …
Spaceman Spiff won't be hitting the big screen anytime soon. Neither will Stupendous Man, Tracer Bullet, or any other products of the precocious Calvin's ... «Entertainment Weekly, Oct 13»
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Ravi Shastri and his commentary gaffes
5) “The ball raced to the fence like a tracer bullet” – Even Google doesn't have an explanation for a tracer bullet yet! 6) On MS Dhoni hitting a lofted shot he ... «Sportskeeda, Oct 13»

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