Definitions of trace
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A
mark
left
by
anything
passing;
a
track;
a
path;
a
course;
a
footprint;
a
vestige;
as,
the
trace
of
a
carriage
or
sled;
the
trace
of
a
deer;
a
sinuous
trace.
-
The
intersection
of
a
plane
of
projection,
or
an
original
plane,
with
a
coordinate
plane.
-
The
ground
plan
of
a
work
or
works.
-
To
mark
out;
to
draw
or
delineate
with
marks;
especially,
to
copy,
as
a
drawing
or
engraving,
by
following
the
lines
and
marking
them
on
a
sheet
superimposed,
through
which
they
appear;
as,
to
trace
a
figure
or
an
outline;
a
traced
drawing.
-
To
follow
by
some
mark
that
has
been
left
by
a
person
or
thing
which
has
preceded;
to
follow
by
footsteps,
tracks,
or
tokens.
-
Hence,
to
follow
the
trace
or
track
of.
-
To
copy;
to
imitate.
-
To
walk
over;
to
pass
through;
to
traverse.
-
A
very
small
quantity
of
an
element
or
compound
in
a
given
substance,
especially
when
so
small
that
the
amount
is
not
quantitatively
determined
in
an
analysis; -
hence,
in
stating
an
analysis,
often
contracted
to
tr.
-
To
form
carefully,
as
letters;
to
delineate
or
show
by
marks;
as,
to
trace
a
design
on
cloth;
to
follow
and
seek
to
find
by
tracks
or
indications;
as,
to
trace
a
thief;
to
make
out;
find
out
the
course
or
development
of;
follow
exactly;
copy,
especially
a
drawing,
by
covering
it
with
a
transparent
sheet
upon
which
the
drawing
is
reproduced.
-
To
follow
by
tracks
or
footsteps:
to
follow
with
exactness:
to
sketch.
-
To
follow
by
tracks
or
closely;
delineate;
outline.
-
To
follow (
a
line),
as
with
a
pencil;
sketch;
map
out.
-
To
copy,
as
a
drawing
or
writing,
on
a
superposed
transparent
sheet.
-
To
track.
-
To
fasten,
as
with
traces.
-
To
walk;
to
go;
to
travel.
-
discover
traces
of; "
She
traced
the
circumstances
of
her
birth"
-
copy
by
following
the
lines
of
the
original
drawing
on
a
transparent
sheet
placed
upon
it;
make
a
tracing
of; "
trace
a
design"; "
trace
a
pattern"
-
To
draw
or
delineate
with
marks;
to
follow
by
footsteps
or
tracks;
to
follow
with
exactness;
to
walk
over.
-
Tracing.
-
either
of
two
lines
that
connect
a
horse's
harness
to
a
wagon
or
other
vehicle
or
to
a
whiffletree
-
an
indication
that
something
has
been
present; "
there
wasn't
a
trace
of
evidence
for
the
claim"; "
a
tincture
of
condescension"
-
a
visible
mark (
as
a
footprint)
left
by
the
passage
of
person
or
animal
or
vehicle
-
make
one's
course
or
travel
along
a
path;
travel
or
pass
over,
around,
or
along; "
The
children
traced
along
the
edge
of
the
drak
forest"; "
The
women
traced
the
pasture"
-
to
go
back
over
again; "
we
retraced
the
route
we
took
last
summer"; "
trace
your
path"
-
A
connecting
bar
or
rod,
pivoted
at
each
end
to
the
end
of
another
piece,
for
transmitting
motion,
esp.
from
one
plane
to
another;
specif.,
such
a
piece
in
an
organ-
stop
action
to
transmit
motion
from
the
trundle
to
the
lever
actuating
the
stop
slider.
-
One
of
two
straps,
chains,
or
ropes
of
a
harness,
extending
from
the
collar
or
breastplate
to
a
whiffletree
attached
to
a
vehicle
or
thing
to
be
drawn;
a
tug.
-
A
mark
left
by
a
past
event,
or
by
the
passing
of
a
person
or
thing;
a
footprint;
a
remainder;
a
small
quantity;
as,
the
food
contained
a
trace
of
poison.
-
Tracer.
-
A
mark
left:
footprint:-
pl.
the
straps
by
which
a
vehicle
is
drawn.
-
A
footprint;
vestige;
mark;
one
of
the
straps
by
which
a
vehicle
is
drawn.
-
A
vestige
or
mark;
track;
trail.
-
A
barely
detectable
quantity.
-
One
of
two
straps
or
chains
of
a
harness
for
drawing
a
load.
-
Traced.
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