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trace

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noun

Spur, Fährte

An act of tracing.

Examples :

"Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line."

Ihre Mobilfunkgesellschaft kann eine Spur auf Ihrer Leitung legen.

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noun

Nachforschung, Ermittlung

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

Examples :

"The lost homework was causing a lot of trouble, so the teacher issued a trace to find it. "

Die verlorenen Hausaufgaben verursachten viel Ärger, also leitete der Lehrer eine Nachforschung ein, um sie zu finden.

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noun

Spur, Fährte

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

Examples :

"The trace of muddy footprints led to the back door, showing where the dog had been. "

Die Spur schlammiger Fußabdrücke führte zur Hintertür und zeigte, wo der Hund gewesen war.

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noun

Spur, Rest

A residue of some substance or material.

Examples :

"There are traces of chocolate around your lips."

Um deine Lippen sind Schokoladenreste.

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noun

Spur, Hauch

A very small amount.

Examples :

"All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts."

Alle unsere Pralinen können Spuren von Nüssen enthalten.

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noun

Leiterbahn

A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

Examples :

"The circuit board's trace connected the power source to the light. "

Die Leiterbahn der Platine verband die Stromquelle mit der Lampe.

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noun

Spur, Pfad

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

Examples :

"The hikers followed the faint trace through the desert, hoping to reach the oasis. "

Die Wanderer folgten der schwachen Spur durch die Wüste, in der Hoffnung, die Oase zu erreichen.

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noun

Zugstrang

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully adjusted the trace on the plow before hitching the horses. "

Der Bauer justierte sorgfältig den Zugstrang am Pflug, bevor er die Pferde anspannte.

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Zugstange

Examples :

"The grandfather clock's intricate trace connected the winding mechanism to the hands, transferring the turning motion to make the time visible. "

Die komplizierte Zugstange der Standuhr verband den Aufziehmechanismus mit den Zeigern und übertrug die Drehbewegung, um die Zeit sichtbar zu machen.

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Grundriss

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

Examples :

"The architect studied the trace of the proposed new school building to understand its layout. "

Der Architekt studierte den Grundriss des vorgeschlagenen neuen Schulgebäudes, um dessen Anordnung zu verstehen.

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Spur, Schnittlinie

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Examples :

"The trace of the family's budget plan on the coordinate graph shows where income and expenses intersect. "

Die Spur des Budgetplans der Familie auf dem Koordinatendiagramm zeigt, wo sich Einnahmen und Ausgaben schneiden.

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Spur

The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

Examples :

"The trace of the student test scores matrix is 85. "

Die Spur der Matrix der Testergebnisse der Schüler beträgt 85.

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noun

Spur, Rückstand

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Examples :

"The missing subject of the sentence "The car was washed" is a trace. "

Das fehlende Subjekt des Satzes „Das Auto wurde gewaschen“ ist eine Spur.

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verb

Verfolgen, nachverfolgen

To follow the trail of.

Examples :

"The detective traced the suspect's movements through the city using security camera footage. "

Der Detektiv verfolgte die Bewegungen des Verdächtigen durch die Stadt mithilfe von Überwachungsvideomaterial.

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Verfolgen, nachverfolgen

To follow the history of.

Examples :

"The historian traced the development of the school's library over the past century. "

Der Historiker verfolgte die Entwicklung der Schulbibliothek im letzten Jahrhundert.

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Zeichnen, nachzeichnen

To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

Examples :

"He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him."

Er zeichnete sorgfältig die Umrisse des alten Gebäudes vor sich nach.

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Nachzeichnen

To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

Examples :

"The art student traced the outline of the flower on the paper to create a stencil. "

Der Kunststudent zeichnete die Umrisse der Blume auf dem Papier nach, um eine Schablone zu erstellen.

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Kopieren, nachahmen

To copy; to imitate.

Examples :

"The young artist traced the design of the butterfly on the paper. "

Der junge Künstler kopierte das Design des Schmetterlings auf das Papier.

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verb

Gehen, wandern, reisen

To walk; to go; to travel.

Examples :

"The hikers traced a path through the forest. "

Die Wanderer gingen einen Pfad durch den Wald.

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Überqueren, durchqueren

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Examples :

"The hikers traced the narrow mountain path, carefully following the markers. "

Die Wanderer überquerten den schmalen Bergpfad und folgten dabei sorgfältig den Markierungen.

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Verfolgen, nachvollziehen

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

Examples :

"The programmer traced the code to find the error in the calculation. "

Der Programmierer verfolgte den Code, um den Fehler in der Berechnung zu finden.

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