Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various substances, such as microscopic pieces of multilayered colored plastic, added to a product to indicate its source of manufacture.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for Microtaggant, trademark for tags identifying explosives.]

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Examples

  • It has a detection taggant which is a low volatility substance which evaporates very slowly but its odour is strong enough to be detected by specially trained dogs that can identify the fact that it is Semtex, but not its origin.

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  • That can theoretically include thermal signatures, or some sort of "taggant" placed on a person.

    The BRAD BLOG 2008

  • That can theoretically include thermal signatures, or some sort of "taggant" placed on a person.

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  • That can theoretically include thermal signatures, or some sort of "taggant" placed on a person.

    Pensito Review 2008

  • Gilbert smiled, pleased by this news: a taggant, a color-coded marker embedded into the explosive by the manufacturer for owner and buyer identification purposes.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • "Luke successfully identified a manufacturer's taggant in the explosives residue," he said.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Gilbert smiled, pleased by this news: a taggant, a color-coded marker embedded into the explosive by the manufacturer for owner and buyer identification purposes.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • "Luke successfully identified a manufacturer's taggant in the explosives residue," he said.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Q As I understand it, the legislation will also call for an independent study of the taggant issue.

    Press Briefing By Mary Ellen Glynn ITY National Archives 1996

  • And law enforcement has also asked that explosives used to make a bomb be marked with a taggant -- a trace chemical or a microscopic plastic chip scattered throughout the explosives.

    Radio Address On Fighting Terrorism ITY National Archives 1996

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