tracing
/ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/
tracing noun: the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper. Also the present participle and gerund of trace.
Noun
tracing (plural tracings)
- The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
- A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
- The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
- A regular path or track; a course.
Also used as
tracing is also the present participle and gerund of trace.
tracing meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
tracing in Hindi
- ट्रेसिंग, अनुरेखण, ट्रैसिंग
tracing in Marathi
- ट्रेसिंग
tracing in Urdu
- ٹریسنگ
tracing in Bengali
- ট্রেসিং
More languagesFewer languages
- tracing in Telugu
- ట్రేసింగ్
- tracing in Gujarati
- ટ્રેસિંગ, ટ્રેસીંગ
- tracing in Odia
- ଟ୍ରେସିଂ, ଟ୍ରେସିଙ୍ଗ୍
- tracing in Nepali
- ट्रेसिङ, ट्रेसिङ्ग, ट्रेसिङ्
Examples of tracing in a sentence
- Anterograde tracing is a research technique which is used to trace neural connections from their source to their point of termination. The opposite technique is retrograde tracing.
- She was working on Wúràọlá’s eyes, tracing a line towards her lateral canthus.
- Alternatively, place a sheet of tracing paper between the PUL and the presser foot.
Forms of tracing
| plural | tracings |
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Origin of tracing
From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.
Words formed from tracing
Phrases with tracing
Words that rhyme with tracing
2 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about tracing
- What does tracing mean?
- Tracing means the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
- What is tracing in Hindi?
- Tracing in Hindi is ट्रेसिंग, अनुरेखण, ट्रैसिंग. See Tracing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tracing?
- Tracing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tracing?
- Tracing is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of tracing?
- The plural of tracing is tracings.
Words near tracing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tracing (page history and authors); tracing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tracing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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