Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 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; 
[syn: explosive trace detection, ETD]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
explosive trace detection
    n 1: 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 [syn: explosive trace detection, ETD]