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Definition of Tracking
1. Noun. The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind.
Category relationships: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Generic synonyms: Chase, Following, Pursual, Pursuit
Derivative terms: Track, Trail
Definition of Tracking
1. Verb. (present participle of track) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tracking
1. the placement of students within a curriculum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tracking
Literary usage of Tracking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force and the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"The complete network was called the Space Detection and tracking System ...
The tracking radar on the island of Trinidad in the West Indies, for instance, ..."
2. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"tracking INSPECTING A HARBOR—THE MUSK OX—STILL tracking— CONSULTATION — WARPING
AGAIN — AGROUND NEAR THE ICE-FOOT — A BREATHING SPELL — THE BOAT EXPEDITION ..."