trackingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈtrakɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtrækɪŋ/

Etymology: < track v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

I. Senses relating to making or following tracks, and related uses.

1. The action of track v.¹ in various senses. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > alignment of wheels

tracking1838

1524 King Henry VIII Instruct. Pace in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xiii. 30 The delaying and tracking of this matier may do moche harme.

1838 Arcana of Science 49 The friction arising from the unequal tracking of ordinary carriages is avoided.

1888 in Times 13 Oct. 7/6 Testing their [bloodhounds'] tracking powers.

1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 49 The tracking down of escaped convicts and bushrangers.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 30 Sept. 10/2 The double tracking of the line from coast to coast will be completed in a few years.

1908 Daily Chron. 28 Aug. 7/4 Tracking dogs are kept in readiness at certain centres.

1932 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 9 288 The best tracking conditions are reached by choosing the position of the axis about which the tone arm rotates by the method shown.

1937 Discovery Nov. 330/2 The operators of the electron cameras receive their instructions through telephones, so that they can advance or withdraw their cameras (tracking) or swing them sideways (panning) as planned by the producer.

1958 Listener 4 Dec. 908/2 The manufacture of the satellite and its instruments, with the associated tracking and computing systems.

1959 Cambr. Rev. 24 Oct. 73/1 The technique in this section cuts right across Bazin's distinction between classic Eisenstein montage, and more realistic modern methods of tracking, panning, and so on, on a wide screen.

1969 Times 16 July 4/1 The radio tracking instruments spread around the globe for keeping in continuous contact with the spacecraft.

1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. viii. 184 Tracking ability thus takes account of the compliance, effective tip mass and mechanical resistance.

II. Specific senses.

2. The formation or occurrence of conducting paths for electricity over the surface of an insulating material.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [noun]

conduction1814

tracking1931

1931 H. Warren Electr. Insulating Materials iii. xix. 239 The surface carbonization, or what is commonly called ‘tracking’.., of these materials is their most serious electrical handicap.

1945 Electronic Engin. 17 600 Moisture..very soon causes..tracking between the connecting tags.

1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World iv. 115 The electrical properties that matter most are high volume and surface resistivity, high puncture strength, and good tracking resistance.

1970 K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook iii. 34/1 Examine the distributor cap for cracks or signs of carbonisation (tracking).

3. Electronics. The maintenance of a constant difference in frequency between two or more connected circuits or components.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [noun] > tuning > tracking

tracking1932

1932 Electronics Aug. 250/1 (caption) Deviation from exact tracking at various intermediate frequencies.

1971 A. Margolis Mod. Radio Repair Techniques vi. 82 To maintain the tracking difference, a smaller oscillator coil and padder capacitor is added to the circuit.

1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xiii. 40 The tuned circuits must track across the frequency band, and in the case of the superheterodyne, tracking of the local oscillator is necessary so that a constant frequency difference..is maintained.

4. U.S. Education. = streaming n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > grouping of pupils by ability

ability grouping1917

streaming1954

unstreaming1964

tracking1967

banding1969

1967 N.Y. Times 23 June 36 Tracking can be a useful educational device if tests are frequently administered and if movement from one track to another is made easy.

1974 Florida FL Reporter 13 29/3 School would simplify their task if they could separate those students who want to learn to speak the new dialect from those who do not... This would not be a matter of ‘tracking’.

Compounds

tracking error n. the error that occurs in gramophone reproduction when the tone-arm is pivoted, so that in general the axis of the cartridge is not in line with the groove.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > tracking error

tracking error1924

1924 Gramophone Sept. 129/2 The ‘tracking error’.

1930 Wireless World 26 Mar. 340/1 The mean between the highest and lowest deviations..gives a slightly smaller maximum tracking error.

1975 Gramophone Jan. 1424/1 Tracking error at all points across the record was within 2° overall.

tracking shot n. Cinematography and Television a shot during which the camera tracks (track v.¹ 3e).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot

long shot1858

close-up1913

medium shot1925

travelling shot1927

medium close-up1933

reverse angle1933

three-shot1934

tilt shot1934

reaction shot1937

tracking shot1940

Dutch angle1947

two-shot1949

mid shot1953

freeze1960

freeze-frame1960

freeze-shot1960

frozen-frame1960

pack shot1960

noddy1982

arc shot1989

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of

long shot1858

glass shot1908

close-up1913

aerial shot1920

angle shot1922

medium shot1925

far-away1926

travelling shot1927

zoom1930

zoom shot1930

process shot1931

close-medium shot1933

medium close-up1933

reverse angle1933

reverse shot1934

three-shot1934

tilt shot1934

medium-close shot1937

reaction shot1937

tracking shot1940

pan shot1941

stock shot1941

Dutch angle1947

cheat shot1948

establishing shot1948

master-scene1948

trucking shot1948

two-shot1949

bridging shot1951

body shot1952

library shot1953

master shot1953

mid shot1953

MS1953

pullback1957

MCU1959

noddy1982

arc shot1989

pop shot1993

1940 Chambers's Technical Dict. 857/1 Tracking shot.

1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music ii. 33 There follows a continuous tracking shot lasting in all for 2 minutes 22 seconds.

1973 D. Osmond-Smith tr. G. Bettetini Lang. & Technique of Film ii. 95 Another narratively effective element is the ‘tracking shot’; this consists of moving the whole cine-camera on a mechanical device known as a ‘dolly’.

tracking snow n. North American snow sufficiently deep to enable hunters to track animals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow

mountain snow1567

red snow1678

poudre1846

firn1853

powder snow1914

powder1931

boilerplate1937

snowpack1952

crud1961

tracking snow1971

1971 W. Hillen Blackwater River ii. 17 Water running, little hope for tracking-snow.

1981 Northeast Woods & Waters Jan. 12/1 Coos County showed the largest increase (87%) where sportsmen had tracking snow for the entire season.

tracking station n. an establishment set up to track objects in the sky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > tracking station > [noun]

tracking station1963

1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 445 The tracking station in Great Britain held the signal for only a few moments.

1972 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 4/6 The TV signal is received from the Moon..at the Goldstone tracking station in the Mojave Desert.

1978 G. Greene Human Factor iv. i. 197 America maintains a guided missile tracking station and a space tracking station in the Republic.

tracking weight n. the weight with which a stylus rests on a gramophone record.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > needle or stylus > weight with which stylus rests on record

tracking weight1962

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 87 Recordings played under a tracking weight of about 1½ oz. were reckoned to have a life of about a dozen playings.

1978 Lancashire Life Sept. 131/1 The pick-up arm itself should have an adjustment to enable you to set the correct tracking weight for the cartridge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tracking
释义	trackingn.¹ Brit. /ˈtrakɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtrækɪŋ/ Etymology: < track v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. I. Senses relating to making or following tracks, and related uses. 1. The action of track v.¹ in various senses. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > alignment of wheels tracking1838 1524 King Henry VIII Instruct. Pace in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xiii. 30 The delaying and tracking of this matier may do moche harme. 1838 Arcana of Science 49 The friction arising from the unequal tracking of ordinary carriages is avoided. 1888 in Times 13 Oct. 7/6 Testing their [bloodhounds'] tracking powers. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 49 The tracking down of escaped convicts and bushrangers. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 30 Sept. 10/2 The double tracking of the line from coast to coast will be completed in a few years. 1908 Daily Chron. 28 Aug. 7/4 Tracking dogs are kept in readiness at certain centres. 1932 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 9 288 The best tracking conditions are reached by choosing the position of the axis about which the tone arm rotates by the method shown. 1937 Discovery Nov. 330/2 The operators of the electron cameras receive their instructions through telephones, so that they can advance or withdraw their cameras (tracking) or swing them sideways (panning) as planned by the producer. 1958 Listener 4 Dec. 908/2 The manufacture of the satellite and its instruments, with the associated tracking and computing systems. 1959 Cambr. Rev. 24 Oct. 73/1 The technique in this section cuts right across Bazin's distinction between classic Eisenstein montage, and more realistic modern methods of tracking, panning, and so on, on a wide screen. 1969 Times 16 July 4/1 The radio tracking instruments spread around the globe for keeping in continuous contact with the spacecraft. 1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. viii. 184 Tracking ability thus takes account of the compliance, effective tip mass and mechanical resistance. II. Specific senses. 2. The formation or occurrence of conducting paths for electricity over the surface of an insulating material. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [noun] conduction1814 tracking1931 1931 H. Warren Electr. Insulating Materials iii. xix. 239 The surface carbonization, or what is commonly called ‘tracking’.., of these materials is their most serious electrical handicap. 1945 Electronic Engin. 17 600 Moisture..very soon causes..tracking between the connecting tags. 1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World iv. 115 The electrical properties that matter most are high volume and surface resistivity, high puncture strength, and good tracking resistance. 1970 K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook iii. 34/1 Examine the distributor cap for cracks or signs of carbonisation (tracking). 3. Electronics. The maintenance of a constant difference in frequency between two or more connected circuits or components. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [noun] > tuning > tracking tracking1932 1932 Electronics Aug. 250/1 (caption) Deviation from exact tracking at various intermediate frequencies. 1971 A. Margolis Mod. Radio Repair Techniques vi. 82 To maintain the tracking difference, a smaller oscillator coil and padder capacitor is added to the circuit. 1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xiii. 40 The tuned circuits must track across the frequency band, and in the case of the superheterodyne, tracking of the local oscillator is necessary so that a constant frequency difference..is maintained. 4. U.S. Education. = streaming n. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > grouping of pupils by ability ability grouping1917 streaming1954 unstreaming1964 tracking1967 banding1969 1967 N.Y. Times 23 June 36 Tracking can be a useful educational device if tests are frequently administered and if movement from one track to another is made easy. 1974 Florida FL Reporter 13 29/3 School would simplify their task if they could separate those students who want to learn to speak the new dialect from those who do not... This would not be a matter of ‘tracking’. Compounds tracking error n. the error that occurs in gramophone reproduction when the tone-arm is pivoted, so that in general the axis of the cartridge is not in line with the groove. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [noun] > tracking error tracking error1924 1924 Gramophone Sept. 129/2 The ‘tracking error’. 1930 Wireless World 26 Mar. 340/1 The mean between the highest and lowest deviations..gives a slightly smaller maximum tracking error. 1975 Gramophone Jan. 1424/1 Tracking error at all points across the record was within 2° overall. tracking shot n. Cinematography and Television a shot during which the camera tracks (track v.¹ 3e). ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot long shot1858 close-up1913 medium shot1925 travelling shot1927 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 Dutch angle1947 two-shot1949 mid shot1953 freeze1960 freeze-frame1960 freeze-shot1960 frozen-frame1960 pack shot1960 noddy1982 arc shot1989 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of long shot1858 glass shot1908 close-up1913 aerial shot1920 angle shot1922 medium shot1925 far-away1926 travelling shot1927 zoom1930 zoom shot1930 process shot1931 close-medium shot1933 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 reverse shot1934 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 medium-close shot1937 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 pan shot1941 stock shot1941 Dutch angle1947 cheat shot1948 establishing shot1948 master-scene1948 trucking shot1948 two-shot1949 bridging shot1951 body shot1952 library shot1953 master shot1953 mid shot1953 MS1953 pullback1957 MCU1959 noddy1982 arc shot1989 pop shot1993 1940 Chambers's Technical Dict. 857/1 Tracking shot. 1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music ii. 33 There follows a continuous tracking shot lasting in all for 2 minutes 22 seconds. 1973 D. Osmond-Smith tr. G. Bettetini Lang. & Technique of Film ii. 95 Another narratively effective element is the ‘tracking shot’; this consists of moving the whole cine-camera on a mechanical device known as a ‘dolly’. tracking snow n. North American snow sufficiently deep to enable hunters to track animals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > types of fallen snow mountain snow1567 red snow1678 poudre1846 firn1853 powder snow1914 powder1931 boilerplate1937 snowpack1952 crud1961 tracking snow1971 1971 W. Hillen Blackwater River ii. 17 Water running, little hope for tracking-snow. 1981 Northeast Woods & Waters Jan. 12/1 Coos County showed the largest increase (87%) where sportsmen had tracking snow for the entire season. tracking station n. an establishment set up to track objects in the sky. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > tracking station > [noun] tracking station1963 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 445 The tracking station in Great Britain held the signal for only a few moments. 1972 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 4/6 The TV signal is received from the Moon..at the Goldstone tracking station in the Mojave Desert. 1978 G. Greene Human Factor iv. i. 197 America maintains a guided missile tracking station and a space tracking station in the Republic. tracking weight n. the weight with which a stylus rests on a gramophone record. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > needle or stylus > weight with which stylus rests on record tracking weight1962 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 87 Recordings played under a tracking weight of about 1½ oz. were reckoned to have a life of about a dozen playings. 1978 Lancashire Life Sept. 131/1 The pick-up arm itself should have an adjustment to enable you to set the correct tracking weight for the cartridge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈtracking ˈtracking n.² (also attributive) and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > towing towagea1327 towing1611 tracking1839 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. x. 214 The party,..was divided into two spells, each of which hauled at the tracking line alternately. 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 24 Boats are got up against the stream chiefly by tracking, being towed by the crew. 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 524 The channel was too wide to permit of ‘tracking’, as it is called in Arctic language—that is, towing with ropes along a margin of ice. extracted from trackv.² < n.¹1524 as lemmas
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trackingn.1

Compounds

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trackingn.¹