tracking

American  

[trak-ing] / ˈtræk ɪŋ /

noun

1. track system.

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tracking British  

/ ˈtrækɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of following something or someone

2. electrical engineering a leakage of electric current between two points separated by an insulating material caused by dirt, carbon particles, moisture, etc

3. the way wheels on a vehicle are aligned

4. 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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Other Word Forms

• mistracking noun

Example Sentences

Notably - from tracking down some of the original posts and speaking to people within the social media companies - there appears to have been only a modest reaction among young people when the posts first appeared.

From BBC

Antidrone technologies include tracking, GPS jamming, lasers, and conventional “kinetic” projectiles.

From Barron's

Some digital tokens tracking popular U.S. stocks have deviated wildly from underlying prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Many asset classes are now tracking oil almost tick for tick, so for markets, this is what matters above all else right now,” said Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid in a note.

From Barron's

However, some of these tokenized offerings have faced significant tracking error and critics point out that they are synthetic derivatives that don’t convey the same economic and governance rights as their underlying shares.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• hunt
• inquiry
• quest