- present participle of track.
tracking
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trackings
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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
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Police investigating the disaster used phone tracking to identify members of the two networks.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Today’s parents are used to tracking their kids’ every move but some are rethinking that approach and setting them loose outdoors—with some supervision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Junk bonds tend to have a shorter duration compared with funds tracking the broad investment-grade market, which to some extent has played in their favor this year, as long-duration Treasurys have been highly volatile.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Eye tracking technology measured which face held the child's attention and for how long.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
At the Petersen house, a doctor recorded statistics in the notes he kept, tracking the sad and inevitable deterioration of Lincoln’s condition that night.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
She did not believe any of them, and had no faith in their mysterious trackings and whisperings aside, and mad gallopings off to hidden ends.
From The Rustler of Wind River by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Hence come my laborious trackings of it through mazes of moods and feelings; painful trifling, I daresay.
From The King's Mirror by Anthony Hope
It's a sad thing as how we may be found out, no matter how careful we sweep up our trackings.
From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Anne Warner
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