Definition of Tracing

1. Noun. The act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline.

Generic synonyms: Drafting, Draftsmanship, Drawing
Derivative terms: Trace

2. Noun. A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image.
Exact synonyms: Trace
Generic synonyms: Drawing
Derivative terms: Trace, Trace

3. Noun. The discovery and description of the course of development of something. "The tracing of genealogies"
Generic synonyms: Discovery, Find, Uncovering

Definition of Tracing

1. n. The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.

Definition of Tracing

1. Noun. The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper. ¹

2. Noun. A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph. ¹

3. Noun. The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tracing

1. something that is traced [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tracing

1. 1. Any graphic display of electrical or mechanical cardiovascular events, e.g., electrocardiogram, phlebogram. See: curve. 2. In dentistry, a line or lines, scribed on a table or plate by a pointed instrument, representing a record of movements of the mandible; may be extraoral (made outside the oral cavity) or intraoral (made within the oral cavity). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tracing

trachomatous pannus
trachs
trachycarpous
trachychromatic
trachymedusae
trachyonychia
trachyphonia
trachystomata
trachyte
trachytes
trachytic
trachytoid
tracial
tracible
tracing (current term)
tracing (cephalometric)
tracing paper
tracing routine
tracings
track
track-and-field
track-mounted
track-to-track seek time
track and field
track bike
track bikes
track cycling
track cyclist
track cyclists

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