tracing
tray sing
- n the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
- n a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- n the discovery and description of the course of development of something
the tracing of genealogies - v follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- v make a mark or lines on a surface
- v to go back over again
- v pursue or chase relentlessly
- v discover traces of
- v make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- v copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- v read with difficulty
- Opposition to ATF has become so intense in gun-toting quarters as to resemble a religion, says Gerald Nunziato, who heads the ATF tracing center.
- If you're serious about tracing your lineage, you'll probably still click on stalwarts like Ancestry.
- That's why Bryco holds down two spots on the tracing center's "Top Ten Crime Guns" list for 2000.