tracking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹækɪŋ/

Noun

tracking (countable and uncountable, plural trackings)

1. The act or process by which something is tracked.
   • 1963, Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art

     In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention […]

2. (typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.
3. (education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.

   Synonym: streaming

Derived terms

• four-tracking
• bug-tracking
• issue-tracking
• videotracking

Related terms

• kerning

Translations

consistent adjustment of space between individual letters

• Finnish: kirjainvälistys (fi)
• Hungarian: betűritkítás
• Spanish: interletraje, interletrado

Verb

tracking

1. present participle of track

Further reading

• tracking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Letter-spacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia