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Tracing

//ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
  2. 2
    the discovery and description of the course of development of something wordnet
  3. 3
    A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
  4. 4
    the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline wordnet
  5. 5
    The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
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  1. 6
    a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image wordnet
  2. 7
    A regular path or track; a course.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trace form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.

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