tracing
The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paperThe reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
» Police kept tracing down the group.
Meaning
4 sensesThe reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
A regular path or track; a course.
Examples
7 sentencesPolice kept tracing down the group.
Is tracing a good way to learn how to draw?
Scientists have developed apps that can be used for contact tracing.
Tracing a renegade's family background, you'll find him the black sheep.
There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.
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Forms
plural: tracingsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image:trace