English noun: tracing |
1. | tracing (act) the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline |
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| Broader (hypernym) | drafting, draftsmanship, drawing |
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2. | tracing (artifact) a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image |
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| Synonyms | trace |
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| Broader (hypernym) | drawing |
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3. | tracing (act) the discovery and description of the course of development of something |
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| Samples | The tracing of genealogies.
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| Broader (hypernym) | discovery, find, uncovering |
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