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tracing

/ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/

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verb

To follow the trail of.

Examples :

"The detective is tracing the suspect's movements using security camera footage. "

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verb

To follow the history of.

Examples :

"The historian is tracing the origins of the ancient civilization through archaeological finds. "

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verb

To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

Examples :

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

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verb

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

Examples :

"The student was tracing the map onto a clean piece of paper to learn the countries. "

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verb

To copy; to imitate.

Examples :

"The little girl was tracing a picture of a cat from her coloring book. "

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To walk; to go; to travel.

Examples :

"The hiker was tracing a path through the forest. "

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To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Examples :

""Every morning, the hikers enjoy tracing the mountain path before sunrise." "

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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 is tracing the code to find the bug, so he's watching what the program does after each line of code. "

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noun

The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.

Examples :

"Maria made a perfect copy of the cartoon character; the tracing was so accurate, it looked printed. "

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noun

A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.

Examples :

"The seismologist studied the earthquake's tracing to understand the intensity and duration of the tremors. "

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noun

The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.

Examples :

"The police are using forensic science in the tracing of the missing child. "

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noun

A regular path or track; a course.

Examples :

"The tracing of the ant's path on the sugar showed its determined course. "