Tracing

Tracing

Tracing may refer to:

* Tracing (law), a process by which a one demonstrates the ownership of property, with the intent to be awarded a claim based on this information
* Tracing (criminology), a subject concerning setting up traces of occurrence of objects generated from trace evidence left at crime scenes
* Tracing (as with a gun or camera), tracking an object, as with the use of tracer ammunition
* Tracing in art, copying an object or drawing, especially with the use of translucent tracing paper
* Tracing (computer graphics), edge detection via algorithms used in digital image processing to automatically generate tracings of objects
* Tracing (software), a method of debugging in computer programming
* Call tracing, a procedure in telephony that permits an entitled user to be informed about the routing of data for an established connection
* Dye tracing, tracking various flows using dye added to the liquid in question
* Anterograde tracing and Retrograde tracing, biological research techniques used to map the connections of neurons from source to termination and from termination to source, respectively

In logistics
*Tracking and tracing, a process of monitoring the location and status of property in transit

ee also

* Tracking
* Trace
* Tracer
* Ray tracing, a technique in computer graphics for generating an photorealistic image


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Synonyms:
(of a drawing on tracing-paper)


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  • tracing — index copy, delineation, outline (boundary), pattern Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Tracing — Tra cing, n. 1. The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted. [1913 Webster] 2. A regular path or track; a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tracing — [trās′iŋ] n. 1. the action of one that traces 2. something made by tracing; specif., a) a copy of a drawing, etc. made by tracing the lines on a superimposed, transparent sheet b) the record of a recording instrument, in the form of a traced line …   English World dictionary

  • tracing — ► NOUN 1) a copy of a drawing, map, etc. made by tracing. 2) a faint or delicate mark or pattern …   English terms dictionary

  • tracing — n sketch, outline, diagram, delineation, draft, plot, blueprint (see under SKETCH vb) Analogous words: *reproduction, copy, duplicate: *plan, project, scheme, plot, design …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Tracing — I Tracing   [dt. »Verfolgung«], Programme: eine Betriebsart eines Debuggers, bei der Informationen (hauptsächlich Variablenwerte) zu den einzelnen abgearbeiteten Programmanweisungen aufgezeichnet und angezeigt werden können; die aufgezeichneten… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • tracing — 1. Any graphic display of electrical or mechanical cardiovascular events, e.g., electrocardiogram, phlebogram. SEE ALSO: curve. 2. In dentistry, a line or lines, scribed on a table or plate by a pointed instrument, re …   Medical dictionary

  • tracing — n. 1 a copy of a drawing etc. made by tracing. 2 = TRACE(1) n. 3. 3 the act or an instance of tracing. Phrases and idioms: tracing paper translucent paper used for making tracings …   Useful english dictionary

  • tracing — Trace Trace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {traced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tracing}.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf. {Abstract}, {Attract}, {Contract}, {Portratt}, {Tract}, {Trail}, {Train},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tracing — /tray sing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that traces. 2. something that is produced by tracing. 3. a copy of a drawing, map, plan, etc., made by tracing on a transparent sheet placed over the original. 4. the record made by a self… …   Universalium

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