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Definition or meaning of the English word Trace
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. (v. t.). The ground plan of a work or works. (v. t.). To copy; to imitate. (v. t.). To walk over; to pass through; to traverse. (v. t.). To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps; tracks; or tokens. (v. t.). To walk; to go; to travel. (v. i.). The intersection of a plane of projection; or an original plane; with a coordinate plane. (v. t.). Hence; to follow the trace or track of. (v. t.). A mark; impression; or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. (v. t.). 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. (v. t.). 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. (v. t.). 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. (n.). |
