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| trace [ trayss ] |
noun (plural trac·es) |
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1. remaining sign: a sign that remains to show the former presence of somebody or something that is no longer there
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2. tiny quantity: a tiny amount of something
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3. barely detectable amount: an amount of something that is detectable, but too small to be quantified
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4. footprint: a footprint or physical sign of the passage of a person or animal
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5. path: a path or track left by people or animals regularly passing
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6. line marking something: a line made by a recording instrument, e.g. one drawn by a seismograph or one formed on the screen of a cathode ray tube, or the record made in this way
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7. drawing: a drawing, especially one made using tracing paper
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8. attempt to find somebody or something: an attempt to find or follow somebody or something
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9. psychology
Same as engram
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10. mathematics intersection: the point of intersection of a line or plane with the surface of a coordinate plane
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11. mathematics sum of diagonal entries: the sum of the diagonal entries of a square matrix
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12. meteorology amount of precipitation: an amount of precipitation that is too small to be recorded by instruments, or the record of such an amount
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verb (past and past participle traced, present participle trac·ing, 3rd person present singular trac·es) |
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1. transitive verb find somebody or something: to find out where somebody or something is or who or what somebody or something was
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2. transitive and intransitive verb follow or be followed: to follow or show the course or series of developments of something, or be able to be followed back in time or to a source
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3. transitive and intransitive verb copy something: to copy writing, a design, or drawing by putting translucent paper on top of it and drawing the visible outlines on this paper
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4. transitive verb draw something carefully: to draw or write something with great care
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5. transitive verb describe something in outline: to give an outline or brief description of something
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6. transitive verb architecture put tracery on something: to decorate something with tracery
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7. intransitive verb carry out search: to search through something
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| [13th century. Via Old French tracier "make your way" < Latin trahere "to pull"] |
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  trace·a·bil·i·ty [ tràyssə bíllətee ] noun |
| trace·a·ble adjective |
| trace·a·ble·ness noun |
| trace·a·bly adverb |
| trace·less adjective |
| trace·less·ly adverb |
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