thermal imaging
Britishnoun
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Kyiv plundered warehouses for veteran Soviet antiaircraft guns and fitted heavy machine guns, some almost a century old, with thermal imaging systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Two fire engines went to the scene and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the house, using hose reel jets and thermal imaging equipment.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
Researchers also intend to study a nearby "anomaly" detected through thermal imaging.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
Fire officials also acknowledged to The Times that the department did not use thermal imaging technology to determine whether the earlier Lachman fire was extinguished.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
In addition, agents use a growing arsenal of technology: helicopters, night-vision goggles, thermal imaging that picks up body heat, and seismic sensors that detect footsteps along immigrant trails.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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