tracking
Americannoun
noun
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the act or process of following something or someone
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electrical engineering a leakage of electric current between two points separated by an insulating material caused by dirt, carbon particles, moisture, etc
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the way wheels on a vehicle are aligned
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a function of a video cassette recorder, which adjusts the alignment of the heads in order to achieve the best possible audio and video reproduction from each recording
Other Word Forms
- mistracking noun
Example Sentences
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By tracking repeating patterns in both X ray and radio signals from the event, the researchers found that the disk and the jet were wobbling together.
From Science Daily
By carefully tracking how neutrinos behave, scientists were able to rule out the existence of a single sterile neutrino with 95% certainty.
From Science Daily
By tracking primary and secondary infections, the researchers estimated key transmission metrics, including the basic reproductive number, R0 - which measures how many people, on average, one infected person passes the virus on to.
From BBC
Researchers tracking wild polar bears in northern Canada witnessed something exceedingly rare this fall: a mother bear adopting a cub that was not biologically her own.
From BBC
Engaging with your favorite store these days can involve tracking rewards points in a spreadsheet to determine how to get the maximum value or playing mini games in an app to win a free milkshake.
From MarketWatch
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