traceable

trace ¹  (trs)

n.

1.

a. A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.

b. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige.

2. A barely perceivable indication; a touch: spoke with a trace of sarcasm.

3.

a. An extremely small amount.

b. A constituent, such as a chemical compound or element, present in quantities less than a standard limit.

4. A path or trail that has been beaten out by the passage of animals or people.

5. A way or route followed.

6. A line drawn by a recording instrument, such as a cardiograph.

7. Mathematics

a. The point at which a line, or the curve in which a surface, intersects a coordinate plane.

b. The sum of the elements of the principal diagonal of a matrix.

8. An engram.

v. traced, trac·ing, trac·es

v.tr.

1. To follow the course or trail of: trace a wounded deer; tracing missing persons.

2. To ascertain the successive stages in the development or progress of: tracing the life cycle of an insect; trace the history of a family.

3. To locate or discover by searching or researching evidence: trace the cause of a disease.

4. To draw (a line or figure); sketch; delineate.

5. To form (letters) with special concentration or care.

6.

a. To copy by following lines seen through a sheet of transparent paper.

b. To follow closely (a prescribed pattern): The skater traced a figure eight.

7.

a. To imprint (a design) by pressure with an instrument on a superimposed pattern.

b. To make a design or series of markings on (a surface) by such pressure on a pattern.

8. To record (a variable), as on a graph.

v.intr.

1. To make one's way along a trail or course: traced through the files.

2. To have origins; be traceable: linguistic features that trace to West Africa.

adj.

Occurring in extremely small amounts or in quantities less than a standard limit.

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[Middle English, track, from Old French, from tracier, to make one's way, from Vulgar Latin *tractire, from Latin tractus, a dragging, course, from past participle of trahere, to draw.]

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tracea·bili·ty n.

tracea·ble adj.

tracea·bly adv.

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trace ²  (trs)

n.

1. One of two side straps or chains connecting a harnessed draft animal to a vehicle or whiffletree.

2. A bar or rod, hinged at either end to another part, that transfers movement from one part of a machine to another.

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[Middle English trais, from Old French, pl. of trait, a hauling, harness strap, from Latin tractus, a hauling, from past participle of trahere, to haul.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	traceable - (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to; "a failure traceable to lack of energy" attributable - capable of being attributed; "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale"; "an idea attributable to a Russian"
	2.	traceable - capable of being traced or tracked; "a traceable riverbed"; "the traceable course of an ancient wall" trackable untraceable - incapable of being traced or tracked down; "an untraceable source"

Translations

traceable [ˈtreɪsəbl] ADJ a person not now traceable → una persona cuyo paradero actual es imposible de encontrar
an easily traceable reference → una referencia fácil de encontrar

traceable [ˈtreɪsəb^əl] adj
to be traceable to sth → être attribuable à qch
trace element n → oligo-élément m

traceable

adj

(= can be found) → auffindbar

to be traceable to something → sich auf etw (acc) → zurückführen lassen