a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
a wheel rut.
evidence, as a mark or a series of marks, that something has passed.
Usually tracks. footprints or other marks left by an animal, person, or vehicle: a lion's tracks; car tracks.
a path made or beaten by or as if by the feet of people or animals; trail: to follow the track of a murderer.
a line of travel or motion: the track of a bird.
a course or route followed.
a course of action, conduct, or procedure: on the right track to solve the problem.
a path or course made or laid out for some particular purpose.
a series or sequence of events or ideas.
something associated with making a track, as the wheel span of a vehicle or the tread of a tire.
a caterpillar tread.
Sports. - a course laid out for running or racing.
- the group of sports performed on such a course, as running or hurdling, as distinguished from field events.
- both track and field events as a whole.
Recording. - a band of recorded sound laid along the length of a magnetic tape.
- band2(def 6).
- an individual song or segment of a recording: a title track.
- a discrete, separate recording that is combined with other parts of a musical recording to produce the final aural version: a special rhythm track added to the basic track.
Automotive. the distance between the centers of the treads of either the front or rear wheels of a vehicle.
Computers. a data-recording path on a storage medium, as a magnetic disk, tape, or drum, that is accessible to a read-write head in a given position as the medium moves past.
tracks, Slang. needle marks on the arm, leg, or body of a drug user caused by habitual injections.
sound track.
a metal strip or rail along which something, as lighting or a curtain, can be mounted or moved.
Education. a study program or level of curriculum to which a student is assigned on the basis of aptitude or need; academic course or path.