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English

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪsɪŋ|-eɪsɪŋ

Noun

The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.

Related terms

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Trace \Trace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. traced; p. pr. & vb. n.
tracing.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL.
tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf.
Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt, Tract,
Trail, Train, Treat. ]
1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially,
to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines
and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which
they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced
drawing.
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Some faintly traced features or outline of the
mother and the child, slowly lading into the
twilight of the woods. --Hawthorne.
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2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or
thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks,
or tokens. --Cowper.
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You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. --T.
Burnet.
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I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways
Of highest agents. --Milton.
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3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
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How all the way the prince on footpace traced.
--Spenser.
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4. To copy; to imitate.
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That servile path thou nobly dost decline,
Of tracing word, and line by line. --Denham.
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5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
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We do tracethis alley up and down. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tracing \Tra"cing\, n.
1. The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying
by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance,
the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus
producted.
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2. A regular path or track; a course.
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Tracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared
transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or
print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use
of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the
lines of the original placed beneath.
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WordNet tracing
n 1: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
2: drawing created by tracing [syn: trace]

Moby Dictionary
apograph , black and white , brouillon , carbon , carbon copy , cartoon ,
charcoal , charcoal drawing , chiaroscuro , companion , copy , crayon ,
dead ringer , delineation , design , diagram , doodle , double , draft ,
drawing , duplicate , duplication , ebauche , effigy , esquisse ,
exact likeness , fellow , fiche , graph , hectography , icon , idol ,
image , likeness , line drawing , living image , living picture ,
manifold , match , mate , microcopy , microfiche , microform ,
mimeography , miniature , mirroring , model , pastel , pen-and-ink ,
pencil drawing , photograph , picture , portrait , recording ,
reduplication , reflection , reproduction , reprography , resemblance ,
rough copy , rough draft , rough outline , rubbing , semblance , shadow ,
silhouette , silver-print drawing , similitude , simulacrum , sinopia ,
sketch , spit and image , spitting image , study , tenor , trace ,
transcript , transcription , transfer , twin , very image ,
very picture , vignette , xerography