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heat-seeking

adjective
  1. (of a detecting device) able to detect sources of infrared radiationa heat-seeking camera
  2. (of a missile) able to detect and follow a source of heat, as from an aircraft enginea heat-seeking missile
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Derived Formsheat seeker, noun
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