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Definition of Retracing
1. retrace [v] - See also: retrace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retracing
Literary usage of Retracing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1921)
"retracing words of original instrument. The act of the holder of an instrument
in retracing words therein which have become defaced or illegible, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Surveying and Boundaries by Frank Emerson Clark (1922)
"Tests by retracing lines in immediate vicinity.—The rules promulgated by the ...
In this retracing the surveyor should adjust his instrument and chains and ..."
3. Field Engineering: A Hand-book of the Theory and Practice of Railway by William Henry Searles (1901)
"retracing the Line.—As the grading progresses, in either excavation or embankment,
... In retracing a curve, if the transit is placed at the forward point, ..."
4. Field Engineering: A Hand-book of the Theory and Practice of Railway by William Henry Searles (1880)
"retracing the Line.—As the grading progresses, in either excavation or embankment,
... In retracing a curve, if the transit is placed at the forward point, ..."
5. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1900)
"The retracing of Lines * comes with the private use of lots or blocks and with
the execution of public improvements. The demand for this class of work comes ..."
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