seeker
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seek·er
(sē'kər) 
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- One that seeks: a seeker of the truth.
- A device used in a moving object, especially a missile, that locates a target by detecting light, heat, or other radiation.
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seeker
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- A person who applies for or seeks something, such as a job or position: applicant, aspirant, candidate, hopeful, petitioner. See seek/avoid.
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A device to sense radiation from the target, and/or lock onto it, and steer toward it by the use of radar, laser, IR (infrared), or optics. See heat-seeker.
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A probe or sound; a long thin rod used to probe the opening or a tract or a cavity in order to determine its direction, source or depth.
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categories related to 'seeker'
- Individuals and Titles - seeker: person pursuing religious knowledge
- Practice, Discipline, and Belief - seeker: one who devotes life to search for enlightenment and salvation
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Seeker may refer to:
- People
- Seeker, a member of the 17th century religious group the Seekers, a forerunner of the Quakers
- Seeker, a person perceived by Quakers as likely to become an adherent and thus come to be a "convinced Friend"
- Seeker, musician, member of The Seekers
- Fictional characters
- Seeker (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Seeker (Well of Echoes), a character in the Well of Echoes series of novels
- Seeker, Teela Brown's final partner in Ringworld
- Seeker, character from Transformers, see list of Decepticons
- Seeker, species in The Elenium series of books
- Seeker, character from The Garden series of novels
- Game roles
- Seeker, a role in the Quidditch game in the Harry Potter series of novels
- Novels
- Seeker (Noble Warriors Trilogy), fantasy novel written by William Nicholson
- Seeker (novel), a science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt
- Other uses
- HMC Seeker, a customs cutter of the UK Border Agency
- Legend of the Seeker, a 2008 fantasy television series based on "The Sword of Truth" books by Terry Goodkind
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