- trace
- tracetrace1 [trās]n.[ME < OFr < tracier < VL * tractiare < L tractus, a drawing along, track < pp. of trahere, to DRAW]1. Obs. a way followed or path taken2. a mark, footprint, etc. left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing☆ 3. a beaten path or trail left by the repeated passage of persons, vehicles, etc.4. any perceptible mark left by a past person, thing, or event; sign; evidence; vestige [the traces of war]5. a barely perceptible amount; very small quantity [a trace of anger]6. something drawn or traced, as a mark, sketch, etc.7. the traced record of a recording instrument8.a) the visible line or spot that moves across the face of a cathode-ray tubeb) the path followed by this line or spot9. Chem. a very small amount, usually one quantitatively immeasurable10. Math.a) the intersection of a line or of a projecting plane of the line with the coordinate planeb) the sum of the elements on the main diagonal of a matrix11. Meteorol. precipitation amounting to less than 0.127 mm (0.005 in)12. Psychol. ENGRAMvt.traced, tracing [ME tracen < OFr tracier: see TRACE1 the n.]1. Now Rare to move along, follow, or traverse (a path, route, etc.)2. to follow the trail or footprints of; track3.a) to follow the development, process, or history of, esp. by proceeding from the latest to the earliest evidence, etc.b) to determine (a source, date, etc.) by this procedure4. to discover or ascertain by investigating traces or vestiges of (something prehistoric, etc.)5. to draw, sketch, outline, etc.6. to ornament with tracery: used chiefly in the past participle7. to copy (a drawing, etc.) by following its lines on a superimposed transparent sheet8. to form (letters, etc.) carefully or laboriously9. to make or copy with a tracer10. to record by means of a curved, broken, or wavy line, as in a seismographvi.1. to follow a path, route, development, etc.; make one's way2. to go back or date back (to something past)traceabilityn.traceablenesstraceableadj.traceablyadv.trace2 [trās]n.[ME traice < OFr traiz, pl. of trait: see TRAIT]1. either of two straps, chains, etc. connecting a draft animal's harness to the vehicle drawn: see HARNESS2. a rod, pivoted at each end, that transmits motion from one moving part of a machine to another——————kick over the tracesto shake off control; show insubordination or independence
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.