Usually means: Detects and follows thermal radiation signatures.
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  1. heat-seeking: Merriam-Webster
  2. heat-seeking, heat-seeking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. heat-seeking: Wordnik
  4. heat-seeking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. Heat-seeking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. heat-seeking: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. heat-seeking: Wiktionary

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adjective:  (military, weaponry) Of a missile or rocket, able to detect and follow the heat emitted by an aircraft engine or rocket.
adjective:  (physics) Of a device, able to detect a source of infrared radiation.

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