trace
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See also tracé
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪs
Noun [edit]
trace (plural traces)
- An act of tracing.
- Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- A very small amount.
- All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.
- (electronics) An electric current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
Derived terms [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
- (mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal): track, trail
- (small amount): see also Wikisaurus:modicum.
Translations [edit]
act of tracing
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mark left as a sign of passage
(electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway
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informal road or prominent path in an arid area
(mathematics) sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
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- Telugu: ఆనవాలు (aanavaalu)
Verb [edit]
trace (third-person singular simple present traces, present participle tracing, simple past and past participle traced)
- To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- 2011 Jluy 19, Ella Davies, “Sticks insects survive one million years without sex”, BBC:
- They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.
- 2011 Jluy 19, Ella Davies, “Sticks insects survive one million years without sex”, BBC:
- To draw or sketch.
- To copy onto a sheet of transparent paper.
- (obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
- Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. — Spenser.
Translations [edit]
to copy onto a sheet of transparent paper
Related terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
trace f (plural traces)
- trace
- track
- (mathematics) trace
Verb [edit]
trace
- first-person singular present indicative of tracer
- third-person singular present indicative of tracer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tracer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tracer
- second-person singular imperative of tracer
Anagrams [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
trace (infinitive trazar)
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