trac·ing

(trā′sĭng)

1. A reproduction made by superimposing a transparent sheet and copying the lines of the original on it.

2. A graphic record made by a recording instrument, such as a cardiograph or seismograph.

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tracing

(ˈtreɪsɪŋ)

1. a copy made by tracing

2. the act of making a trace

3. a record made by an instrument

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trac•ing

(ˈtreɪ sɪŋ)

n.

1. the act of a person or thing that traces.

2. something that is produced by tracing.

3. a copy of a drawing, map, plan, etc., made by tracing on a transparent sheet placed over the original.

[1350–1400]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	tracing - the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline draftsmanship, drawing, drafting - the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
	2.	tracing - a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image trace drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
	3.	tracing - the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies" discovery, find, uncovering - the act of discovering something

Translations

نُسْخَةٌ بواسِطَة رَسْم الآثار

kopie

kalkering

Pause

ανίχνευση

calque tracé

rajzmásolat

eftirrit, kópía

ricalco tracciante tracciato

kalkering strektegning

kopya

摹图

tracing

[ˈtreɪsɪŋ]

A. N

1. (with tracing paper) → calco m

2. (electronically) → traza f

3. [of phone call] → seguimiento m

B. CPD tracing paper N → papel m de calco

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tracing

n (= drawing) → Durchpausen nt, → Durchzeichnen nt; (= result) → Pause f

tracing

tracing file

n → Suchkartei f

tracing paper

n → Pauspapier nt

tracing service

n → Suchdienst m

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trace

(treis) noun

1. a mark or sign left by something. There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.

2. a small amount. Traces of poison were found in the cup.

verb

1. to follow or discover by means of clues, evidence etc. The police have traced him to London; The source of the infection has not yet been traced.

2. to make a copy of (a picture etc) by putting transparent paper over it and drawing the outline etc. I traced the map.

ˈtracing noun

a copy made by tracing. I made a tracing of the diagram.

trace elements

elements that are needed in small quantities for the growing and developing of animal and plant life.

ˈtracing-paper noun

thin transparent paper used for tracing.

trac·ing

n. trazo, gráfica descriptiva que hace un instrumento al registrar un movimiento.

tracing

n (ECG, etc.) registro

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whereas the truth-finder, having raked out that jakes, his own mind, and being there capable of tracing no ray of divinity, nor anything virtuous or good, or lovely, or loving, very fairly, honestly, and logically concludes that no such things exist in the whole creation.

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While much had been done in England in tracing the course of evolution in nature, history, economics, morals and religion, little had been done in tracing the development of thought on these subjects.

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When I last saw this interesting ruin of ancient days, one of the very few remaining examples of Saxon fortification, I was strongly impressed with the desire of tracing out a sort of theory on the subject, which, from some recent acquaintance with the architecture of the ancient Scandinavians, seemed to me peculiarly interesting.

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Then by means of the Myth of Pandora the poet shows how evil and the need for work first arose, and goes on to describe the Five Ages of the World, tracing the gradual increase in evil, and emphasizing the present miserable condition of the world, a condition in which struggle is inevitable.

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He did not compare the new finger marks unintentionally left by Tom a few minutes before on Roxy's glass with the tracings of the marks left on the knife handle, there being no need for that (for his trained eye), but busied himself with another matter, muttering from time to time, "Idiot that I was!-- Nothing but a GIRL would do me--a man in girl's clothes never occurred to me." First, he hunted out the plate containing the fingerprints made by Tom when he was twelve years old, and laid it by itself; then he brought forth the marks made by Tom's baby fingers when he was a suckling of seven months, and placed these two plates with the one containing this subject's newly

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