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

  • Trace (disambiguation)
  • Tracing (disambiguation)
  • Tracer Bullet (disambiguation)
  • Traceur, a parkour practitioner