trace

n.

1. 1. A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.
   2. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige.
2. A barely perceivable indication; a touch: spoke with a trace of sarcasm.
3. 1. An extremely small amount.
   2. A constituent, such as a chemical compound or element, present in quantities less than a standard limit.
4. A path or trail that has been beaten out by the passage of animals or people.
5. A way or route followed.
6. A line drawn by a recording instrument, such as a cardiograph.
7. Mathematics.
   1. The point at which a line, or the curve in which a surface, intersects a coordinate plane.
   2. The sum of the elements of the principal diagonal of a matrix.
8. An engram.

v., traced, trac·ing, trac·es.

v.tr.

1. To follow the course or trail of: trace a wounded deer; tracing missing persons.
2. To ascertain the successive stages in the development or progress of: tracing the life cycle of an insect; trace the history of a family.
3. To locate or discover by searching or researching evidence: trace the cause of a disease.
4. To draw (a line or figure); sketch; delineate.
5. To form (letters) with special concentration or care.
6. 1. To copy by following lines seen through a sheet of transparent paper.
   2. To follow closely (a prescribed pattern): The skater traced a figure eight.
7. 1. To imprint (a design) by pressure with an instrument on a superimposed pattern.
   2. To make a design or series of markings on (a surface) by such pressure on a pattern.
8. To record (a variable), as on a graph.

v.intr.

1. To make one's way along a trail or course: traced through the files.
2. To have origins; be traceable: linguistic features that trace to West Africa.

adj.
Occurring in extremely small amounts or in quantities less than a standard limit.

[Middle English, track, from Old French, from tracier, to make one's way, from Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, from Latin tractus, a dragging, course, from past participle of trahere, to draw.]

traceability trace'a·bil'i·ty n.
traceable trace'a·ble adj.
traceably trace'a·bly adv.

trace² (trās)
n.

1. One of two side straps or chains connecting a harnessed draft animal to a vehicle or whiffletree.
2. A bar or rod, hinged at either end to another part, that transfers movement from one part of a machine to another.

[Middle English trais, from Old French, pl. of trait, a hauling, harness strap, from Latin tractus, a hauling, from past participle of trahere, to haul.]

To determine if a financial statement item has been handled according to proper corporate or accounting policy. For example, if the auditor wants to trace the balance in the travel expense account, he will trace account postings from the ledger to the journal they came from. The auditor will then trace from the journal transaction to the source document to assure that proper backup exists.

noun

1. A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something: print, track, trail. See marks.
2. A mark or remnant that indicates the former presence of something: relic, remains, vestige. See leftover, marks.
3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, whiff, whisper. Informal whisker. See big/small/amount, show/hide.

verb

1. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting: track, trail. See marks, seek/avoid.
2. To pursue and locate: hunt down, nose out, run down, track down. Idioms: run toearthground. See get/lose.

n

Definition: evidence; small bit
Antonyms: lot

v

Definition: seek, follow
Antonyms: ignore, run away

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Inherently an unmeasurable non-zero amount within the measurement method and scheme being used, e.g. visible moisture less than 0.5 mm within a rain gauge read to the nearest millimetre. On a graphical recorder, this is represented by a blip above the base line that likewise falls short of the minimum non-zero reading. However, as applied in ‘trace elements’, etc., the amount is typically measurable, the inference of the word being that the concentration is below that measurable on a coarser scale, e.g. occurring below 1 g per kilogram, so usually expressed as milligrams per kilogram or parts per million (p.p.m.).

Long leather straps that run from the collar of a cart harness to the cart and provide the traction for moving it.

IN BRIEF: An indication that something has been present, such as a visible mark.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. — Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - (op)spore
n. - spor

idioms:

• trace back    tilbagespore
• trace element    sporstof

2.
n. - skagle

Nederlands (Dutch)
natrekken, op het spoor komen, uittekenen, overtrekken, spoor, aanwijzing, inktlijn

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - localiser, retrouver, dépister, trouver des traces de, retrouver la trace de, faire l'historique de, retracer, faire remonter, décalquer, tracer
n. - trace, soupçon, bas de ligne (à la pêche)

idioms:

• trace back    faire remonter (à)
• trace element    oligo-élément

2.
n. - trait (de harnais)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - zeichnen, durchpausen, nachziehen, (ver)folgen, finden, erkennen, auf die Spur kommen
n. - Fährte, Spur, Kurve, Überrest

idioms:

• trace back    zurückverfolgen
• trace element    Spurenelement

2.
n. - Zuggurt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ίχνος, υπόλειμμα, τεκμήριο, αχνάρι, σημάδι
v. - τραβώ γραμμή, ανιχνεύω, ακολουθώ τα ίχνη, αντιγράφω, ξεσηκώνω, παρακολουθώ, ιχνογραφώ, σχεδιάζω, χαράσσω, καθορίζω, ανευρίσκω, ανακαλύπτω, διακρίνω

idioms:

• trace back    ανάγω/-ομαι, ανατρέχω σε, οφείλομαι, εντοπίζω, εξιχνιάζω
• trace element    (βιοχημ.) ιχνοστοιχείο

Italiano (Italian)
tracciare, calcare, rintracciare, ricercare, orma, traccia

idioms:

• trace back    risalire
• trace element    oligoelemento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rastro (m), sinal (m), pista (f), traço (m)
v. - encontrar, trilhar, seguir

idioms:

• trace back    pesquisar, investigar
• trace element    vestígio (Geo.)

Русский (Russian)
чертить (карту, план), набрасывать (на бумагу), копировать, калькировать, трассировать, идти по следам, выслеживать, след, отпечаток, постромка

idioms:

• trace back    проследить, установить
• trace element    микроэлементы

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - dibujar, trazar, calcar, seguir la pista de, rastrear, investigar
n. - huella, rastro, indicio

idioms:

• trace back    hacer remontar a, remontarse a
• trace element    oligoelemento, elemento químico que se presenta en cantidades muy pequeñas

2.
n. - tirante, tiro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spår, märke, skiss, plan, ritning
v. - spåra, följa, finna, göra ett utkast till

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 痕迹, 丝毫, 微量, 遗迹, 图形, 记录, 跟踪, 查出, 探出, 追踪, 追溯, 沿着路走, 上溯

idioms:

• trace back    可追溯到
• trace element    微量元素

2. 挽绳, 缰绳

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 挽繩, 韁繩

2.
n. - 痕跡, 絲毫, 微量, 遺跡, 圖形, 記錄
v. tr. - 跟蹤, 查出, 探出, 追蹤, 追溯
v. intr. - 沿著路走, 上溯

idioms:

• trace back    可追溯到
• trace element    微量元素

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 추적하다, 더듬다, 확인하다
n. - 자취, 기미, 도형

idioms:

• trace back    더듬어 올라가다, 과거를 되짚다

2.
n. - (마구의) 봇줄, ~을 끌 수 있게 연결된 줄

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 跡, 痕跡, 形跡, 足跡, ほんのわずか, 線, 記録, 引き革, 微量, 引き綱, トレース
v. - 跡をたどる, さかのぼって調べる, 起源をたどる, 描く, 計画する, 書き写す, トレースする, ゆっくり書く, 道をたどる, 図を描く

idioms:

• trace back    たどる由来する
• trace element    微量元素

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أثار ( أو أثر قدم), أثر (فعل) يتتبع سير شيء أو تطوره أو تاريخه, يرسم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עלה על עקבות, גילה, מצא, חקר, שירטט, העתיק בגיליון שקוף, כתב אט-אט‬
n. - ‮עקב, עקבות, סימן, זכר, רושם, קורטוב, שמץ, נימה, כמות קטנה מאד, שינוי במוח שנגרם ע"י תהליכי למידה‬
n. - ‮מושכות, מושכה, ריתמה‬

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