trace¹ /trās/

1. An indication, mark of what is or has been
2. A vestige
3. A small quantity that can just be detected
4. A track
5. A footprint
6. A beaten path (US)
7. A tracing
8. A line marked by a recording instrument
9. A line or lines on the screen of a cathode-ray tube forming the display
10. A way of checking the logic of a program by causing the variables, etc to be printed out during execution (computing)
11. A mental or neural change caused by learning
12. An amount of rain- or snowfall that is too small to be measured
13. An intersection with or projection on a surface
14. A way, course (Spenser)
15. The ground-plan of a work (fortification)

1. To track
2. To follow step by step
3. To detect
4. To discover the whereabouts of
5. To follow or mark the outline of (eg a design), esp mechanically or on a translucent paper
6. To outline, delineate, plan or write
7. To follow to its origins or source (usu with back)
8. To produce as tracery
9. To cover with tracery
10. To take one's way along or through (eg a path), traverse

1. To be traceable or datable (usu with back)
2. To proceed (archaic)
3. To walk (archaic)
4. To move (archaic)
5. To tread a measure (obsolete)

traceabilˈity noun

traceˈable adjective

That may be traced

traceˈableness noun

traceˈably adverb

traceˈless adjective

traceˈlessly adverb

trāˈcer noun

1. A person who traces
2. An instrument for tracing
3. A probe for tracing a nerve, etc
4. A device by which a projectile leaves a detectable trail, usu of smoke
5. A projectile equipped with this
6. (also tracer element) a radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study physiological, etc processes by tracking the radiation it produces

trāˈceried adjective

trāˈcery noun

1. An ornamental, fine, decorative pattern
2. Ornamental openwork in Gothic architecture, esp in the upper part of windows

trāˈcing noun

1. The act of someone who traces
2. A drawing copied mechanically or on translucent paper laid over the original
3. An instrumental record

trace element noun

A micronutrient, a substance (such as zinc, copper, molybdenum, etc) whose presence in the soil or food in minute quantities is necessary for plant and animal growth

trace fossil noun

The fossilized tracks, burrows, etc of an organism (but not the organism itself)

tracer bullet noun

tracer shell noun

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