Tracer

Tracer may refer to:

Science

• Flow tracer, any fluid property used to track fluid motion
• Fluorescent tracer, a substance such as 2-NBDG containing a fluorophore that is used for tracking purposes
• Histochemical tracer, a substance used for tracing purposes in histochemistry, the study of the composition of cells and tissues
• Isotopic tracer, a substance with an isotope that has been enriched to a greater level than that found in nature
• Radioactive tracer, a substance containing a radioisotope that is used for tracking purposes
• TRACER (cosmic ray detector) (Transition Radiation Array for Cosmic Energetic Radiation), a balloon-borne cosmic ray detector
• Tracers, a colloquialism for visual trailing, often experienced in connection with drug use
• TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites), a pair of orbiters to study the solar wind

Military

• Tracers, tracer ammunition, special bullets that burn brightly to enable the shooter to follow the bullets' trajectories
• Tactical reconnaissance and counter-concealment-enabled radar (TRACER), a radar system developed by the United States Army
• Grumman E-1 Tracer, a carrier-borne early warning aircraft used by the United States Navy in the 1960s
• Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement, a joint British–American scout vehicle

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Tracer (band), an Australian rock band
• Tracer (album), a 2012 album by Teengirl Fantasy
• "Tracers", song by Ash (band) from A-Z, Vol.1 2010
• "Tracers", song by Miracle Fortress from Was I the Wave? 2011
• "Tracers", song by Trans-Siberian Orchestra from Night Castle 2009

Films

• Tracer (film), a 2016 Vietnamese film
• Tracers (film), a 2015 American film

Video games

• Tracer (game), a 1995 action-puzzle video game
• Tracer, a 1976 Sega arcade video game
• Tracer, leader of the Eliminators in The Warriors
• Tracer (Overwatch), a player character from the video games Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
• Tracer Tong, a character from the video game series Deus Ex

Comics and comic strips

• Tracer (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
• Tracer (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Tracer Bullet, one of Calvin's alter egos in Calvin and Hobbes

Television

• Tracer (TV series), a 2022 South Korean television series

Transportation

• Mercury Tracer, an automobile
• Tracer (bus), the bus system for Tracy, California
• Yamaha Tracer 900
• Yamaha Tracer 700
• MonoTracer
• Zerotracer
• E-Tracer and X-Tracer by Peraves

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Tracer
• All pages with titles containing Tracer
• Trace (disambiguation)
• Tracing (disambiguation)
• Tracer Bullet (disambiguation)
• Traceur, a parkour practitioner