tracing

[ trey-sing ]

/ ˈtreɪ sɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that traces.

something that is produced by tracing.

a copy of a drawing, map, plan, etc., made by tracing on a transparent sheet placed over the original.

the record made by a self-registering instrument.

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Origin of tracing

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at trace¹, -ing¹

Words nearby tracing

trachybasalt, trachycarpous, trachyspermous, trachyte, trachytic, tracing, tracing paper, tracing tape, track, trackage, track and field

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How to use tracing in a sentence

You can ask anybody who draws and they’ll tell you that these are the tracing pens you should get.
Must-have art supplies to let your inner creative shine|Sandra Gutierrez G.|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science
Then, with contact tracing, they hoped to map how often vaccinated students spread the virus.
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out.|Stephanie Arnett|February 2, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Through contact tracing, officials learned Samsonov had spent time with three teammates — Ovechkin, Orlov and center Evgeny Kuznetsov — in a Pittsburgh hotel room during a road trip to start the season.
Alex Ovechkin returns, scores overtime winner as Capitals beat Bruins, 4-3|Samantha Pell|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
Through contact tracing, officials learned Samsonov had spent time with three teammates — Ovechkin, Orlov and center Evgeny Kuznetsov — in a Pittsburgh hotel room during a road trip at the start of the season.
Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov cleared to play for Caps; Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Samsonov remain out|Samantha Pell|January 30, 2021|Washington Post

Throughout this season, the NBA has sought to maintain schedule flexibility as it juggles positive tests by players and contact tracing efforts that have led to more than 20 postponed games.
NBA discusses holding a scaled-down All-Star Game in Atlanta|Ben Golliver|January 25, 2021|Washington Post
What was the process like in tracing through these memories?
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead|Curtis Stephen|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fans and novices soon became swept up in the movement, tracing each work like buried treasure.
Catch Him If You Can: Reliving Banksy’s New York Invasion|Alex Suskind|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turning the tide of the epidemic, he says, will require “rigorous contact, tracing, and quarantining.”
Blood Is Ebola’s Weapon and Weakness|Abby Haglage|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But actually, contact tracing is the core principle of all public-health endeavors.
Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point|Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In other words, contact tracing with appropriate surveillance of those at risk has worked exactly according to plan.
Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point|Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His researches soon came to the ears of the police, still tracing the mysterious José Puégas.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Sometimes the tracing down may have been done by some advanced pupil or competent assistant.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Tracing back Tchaikovskys pedigree, we do not find a single name connected with music.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
In tracing the natural history of a public-house I have found the respectable dullards the most revolting of my subjects.
The Chequers|James Runciman
It is necessary to go back some years for the purpose of tracing the origin and progress of this quarrel.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for tracing

tracing

/ (ˈtreɪsɪŋ) /

noun

a copy made by tracing

the act of making a trace

a record made by an instrument

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