noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

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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6. 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
7. 7
   A regular path or track; a course.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of trace form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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apographblack and whitebrouilloncarboncarbon copycartoon

Example

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"Tracing a renegade's family background, you'll find him the black sheep."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

beam tracingcone tracingcontact tracingcontact-tracingdistributed ray tracingpath tracingray tracingskip tracingtracing papertraitor tracing

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