Trace
Definition of Trace
| n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Mech.) 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. | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Chem. & Min.) 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. | | 3. | A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. | | 4. | (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. | | 5. | (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. | | 3. | Hence, to follow the trace or track of. | | 4. | To copy; to imitate. | | 5. | To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.We do tracethis alley up and down. - Shak. | | v. i. | 1. | To walk; to go; to travel. |
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