tracing

Pluraltracings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A copy of a drawing made by going over it through thin, see-through paper.

   Like making a copy of a picture by drawing right on top of it.

   She kept a tracing of the old map in her notebook.

   The teacher pinned several tracings of leaves to the wall.

   Similarcopy, reproduction

   Oppositeoriginal

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of trace. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.

   She is tracing the picture onto clean paper.

   We are tracing the path the river takes.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The job of finding something lost by looking closely at clues.

   Like following a trail of clues to find something that is lost.

   The tracing of the stolen car took the police two days.

   Phone records helped with the tracing of the missing man.

   Similartracking

4. 4
   nouncountable

   A line on a graph drawn by a machine that records movement or signals.

   Like a wavy line a machine draws to show what it senses.

   The doctor studied the tracing from the heart monitor.

   Earthquake tracings showed two strong shocks that night.

   Similarreadout, printout, record

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A regular path or track that something always follows.

   Like a worn path that always leads the same way.

   The hikers followed the old tracing through the woods.

   Faint tracings of cart roads still cross the valley.

   Similarcourse, path, track, route, trail

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