Definitions

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

  • abbreviation estimated time of departure

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  • initialism Electron Transfer Dissociation
  • initialism Estimated Time of Departure
  • initialism Everhart–Thornley Detector
  • initialism Explosives Trace Detector; Explosives Trace Detection
  • initialism Eye Tracking Device

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  • noun 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

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Examples

  • So far the delay has been an hour and a half, but the posted ETD is clearly a lie, since the plane that's taking us out hasn't arrived yet.

    Archive 2007-04-22 Bill Crider 2007

  • There are also very good reasons for believing that the House of Lords and ECJ will continue to uphold in the question of access to goods and services or employment, the principles contained in the Equal Treatment Directive 2004/113 ETD 113 will follow the principles of the ETD 76/207. i.e. that a person is recognised as a member of their new gender from the day they transition.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Christine Burns 2009

  • There are also very good reasons for believing that the House of Lords and ECJ will continue to uphold in the question of access to goods and services or employment, the principles contained in the Equal Treatment Directive 2004/113 ETD 113 will follow the principles of the ETD 76/207. i.e. that a person is recognised as a member of their new gender from the day they transition.

    PFC’s Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Christine Burns 2009

  • Not until we got to the airport 2 hours before, and then just after we've checked in they finally decide that yes, the incoming flight really will be late and then push our ETD back by 90 minutes.

    Archive 2009-04-01 The Brillig Blogger 2009

  • Not until we got to the airport 2 hours before, and then just after we've checked in they finally decide that yes, the incoming flight really will be late and then push our ETD back by 90 minutes.

    getting there The Brillig Blogger 2009

  • Tsvangirai has not had a passport for months and must seek an emergency travel document (ETD) each time he leaves the country.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change which won national elections in March, is in Botswana with only an expired emergency travel document (ETD) issued to him last month when he left the country, and he has said he cannot return because he does not have

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • "The truth of the matter is that he has breached the time scale of his ETD and thinks government may arrest him," government spokesman

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Under the general theme Unlocking Scholarly Access: ETDs, Institional Repositories and Creators, ETD 2006 is organized around three sub-themes: open access / open source, intellectual property and institutional repositories and ETDs.

    Archive 2006-01-22 David Bigwood 2006

  • Fortunately (not at all obvious from the GT Library main page that they have ETDs), my desire to show off our local electronic dissertation (ETD) commitment led me to try that route.

    George Porter, and the OA Slam Dunk Heather Morrison 2006

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