From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).
Meanings
Extremely small or insignificant (of an amount or quantity).
Through the above, it is clear that the students of the experimental group who studied the unit of similarity of triangles according to the model (4mat) have outperformed the students of the control group who studied the same unit in the traditional way in the results of the systemic thinking measurement. It was also found that the students of the experimental group have been developing their geometric tendencies more than the students of the control group, and this is due to the use of the (4mat) model. It provided the opportunity for students to overcome many difficulties by giving them the opportunity to discover data for themselves, because it allowed them to recognize similar triangles through their own thinking patterns and transition as the information discovered remains more trace than the information that is taught to students in the traditional way. 2024, Wafiq Hibi, Using The (4mat) Model in Teaching The Triangles Similarity Unit For The Ninth Grade:
As indicated in Chomsky (1982), the empty element in (26a) has an antecedent with an independent 0-role and is therefore PRO rather than trace. Subjacency is violated, but nevertheless PRO and its antecedent can be coindexed, as is generally possible for anaphors, apart from trace (in (26c), the coindexing of they and each other violates subjacency). In (26b), the antecedent of the empty element is in a non-0-position, so the empty element is trace. Subjacency is violated as in (26a), but in this case, the sentence is ungrammatical.⁹ Thus subjacency appears to be a property of the rule Move α, not of other indexing mechanisms. If this conclusion is correct, then clearly we will have to distinguish between the indexing mechanism at work in (25a) or (26b) -- i.e. Move α -- and the one at work in (25b-c) or (26a,c). 2025, Aoun, Joseph, The Status of Movement Rules:
Vena contracta is defined as the narrowest portion of the regurgitant jet, seen at its origin. In all of the cases, it was assumed that the MR severity was downgraded by general anesthesia because of reduced afterload conditions. In cases where MR was determined to be trace, mild, or moderate, the afterload was manipulated by bolus injections of phenylephrine to approximate the preanesthesia, awake blood pressure. The final MR grade was assigned after this maneuver was completed. If conflicting results were observed for different criteria, the reviewing anesthesiologist made a judgment as to the final grade of MR. 2005, Schroder JN, Williams ML, Hata JA, Muhlbaier LH, Swaminathan M, Mathew JP, Glower DD, O'Connor CM, Smith PK, Milano CA, Impact of Mitral Valve Regurgitation Evaluated by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography on Long-Term Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting:
From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).
Meanings
An act of tracing.
Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.
An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
Those are the times you write it off, experience / Walk away, and leave no trace / Cause that night, love had no face 1983, Ashford & Simpson, “Experience (Love Had No Face)”, in High-Rise (album):
A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
There are traces of chocolate around your lips.
And by mornin'
Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:
The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.
A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material. ▸ A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
The ground plan of a work or works.
The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
[S]upposing the NP has raised in (18), the potential bindees are the clitic and the trace of the focalized NP, neither of which qualifies as a syntactic variable. 1999, Georges Rebuschi, Laurice Tuller, The Grammar of Focus, page 290:
A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
fi vetoliina (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · sk stopa (mark left as a sign of passage) · lt pedsaka (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu nyom (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi jälki (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · mi kanehe (very small amount) · mk остаток (residue) · csb szlach (mark left as a sign of passage) · de aufspüren (act of tracing) · fr traces (very small amount) · nl opsporen (act of tracing) · de Spur (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · hu maradvány (residue) · bg оста́тък (residue) · lt pedsaka (very small amount) · nb kretskort ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · bg следа́ (very small amount) · es huella (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi hitunen (very small amount) · hu csapás (informal road or prominent path in an arid area) · fi vetohihna (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · es tirante (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · yue 少少 (very small amount) · os фӕд (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu nyomon követés (act of tracing) · az ləpir (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi kulkureitti (informal road or prominent path in an arid area) · lo ຮອຍ (mark left as a sign of passage) · es traza (mark left as a sign of passage) · nl sporen (residue) · orv слѣдъ (mark left as a sign of passage) · kk із (mark left as a sign of passage) · ota رسم (mark left as a sign of passage) · ar أَثَر (mark left as a sign of passage) · tr bulmak (act of tracing) · hu istráng (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · es cuantía mínima (very small amount) · mk трага (mark left as a sign of passage) · mi mōnā (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi häivä (very small amount) · de Spur (residue) · fi johdin ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · es calcar (act of tracing) · ru след (mark left as a sign of passage) · uz iz (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu ösvény (informal road or prominent path in an arid area) · th ร่องรอย (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi veto ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · tk yz (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu elenyésző/minimális mennyiség (very small amount) · km ដាន (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi jäljittäminen (act of tracing) · de nachziehen (act of tracing) · fi polku (informal road or prominent path in an arid area) · fi vetoköysi (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · ru след (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · cmn 微量 (very small amount) · sh тра̑г (mark left as a sign of passage) · de nachspüren (act of tracing) · es traza (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · is spor (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · hu nyom (residue) · sh trȃg (mark left as a sign of passage) · ru слежка (act of tracing) · sa पदं (mark left as a sign of passage) · nl streng (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · mi makenu (mark left as a sign of passage) · es cantidad ínfima (very small amount) · vi dấu (mark left as a sign of passage) · sv spår (mark left as a sign of passage) · it orma (mark left as a sign of passage) · mi ngarengare (very small amount) · fa اثر (mark left as a sign of passage) · az iz (mark left as a sign of passage) · es traza (very small amount) · es indicio (very small amount) · mi paparahi (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu követés (act of tracing) · bg пъте́ка ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · fi hiven (very small amount) · ko 흔적 (mark left as a sign of passage) · tr izlemek (act of tracing) · myv эльге (mark left as a sign of passage) · ro urmă (mark left as a sign of passage) · be след (mark left as a sign of passage) · fr trait (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · hi चिह्न (mark left as a sign of passage) · sv mönsterkort ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · bg следа́ (mark left as a sign of passage) · ko 자국 (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi hinausköysi (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · de Spur (very small amount) · ru прослушка (act of tracing) · hu nyomdok (mark left as a sign of passage) · mi makatea (mark left as a sign of passage) · pt vestígio (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi seuranta (act of tracing) · nl spoor (mark left as a sign of passage) · ro cablaj imprimat ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · ar لِوْحَة دَارَاتُ مَطَبُوعَة ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · fi ura (informal road or prominent path in an arid area) · fi jälki (residue) · cmn 少量 (very small amount) · fa رد (mark left as a sign of passage) · el ίχνος (mark left as a sign of passage) · it tirella (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · cu слѣдъ (mark left as a sign of passage) · es rastro (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu maradék (residue) · de Spur (mark left as a sign of passage) · tr takip etmek (act of tracing) · ru оста́ток (residue) · da spor (mark left as a sign of passage) · tl dasto (mark left as a sign of passage) · id jejak (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi jäljitys (act of tracing) · hy հետք (very small amount) · hu nyomkövetés (act of tracing) · tr iz sürmek (act of tracing) · pt traço (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · tt эз (mark left as a sign of passage) · tr baskılı devre kartı ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · pt rastro (mark left as a sign of passage) · cs stopa (mark left as a sign of passage) · ba эҙ (mark left as a sign of passage) · uz asar (mark left as a sign of passage) · tg асар (mark left as a sign of passage) · sq gjurmë (mark left as a sign of passage) · th การตามรอย (act of tracing) · it tirante (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · cmn 少許 /少许 (very small amount) · yi שפּור (mark left as a sign of passage) · nb spor (mark left as a sign of passage) · ug ئىز (mark left as a sign of passage) · az əsər (mark left as a sign of passage) · mi mokenu (mark left as a sign of passage) · de Strang (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · pt rasto (mark left as a sign of passage) · fr trace (mark left as a sign of passage) · sl sled (mark left as a sign of passage) · hu hám (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · hy նշույլ (very small amount) · eo spuro (mark left as a sign of passage) · nl nazoeken (act of tracing) · fur olme (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi pilkahdus (very small amount) · vi vết (mark left as a sign of passage) · de verfolgen (act of tracing) · ja 痕跡 (mark left as a sign of passage) · th รอย (mark left as a sign of passage) · pl ślad (mark left as a sign of passage) · ky из (mark left as a sign of passage) · tr iz (mark left as a sign of passage) · ja 跡 (mark left as a sign of passage) · cmn 痕跡 /痕迹 (mark left as a sign of passage) · is spor (mark left as a sign of passage) · fr trace (linear algebra: sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix) · bg смътна представа (very small amount) · ms bekas (residue) · hu nyom (very small amount) · uk слід (mark left as a sign of passage) · fi jäämä (residue) · izh rahe (one of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn) · fi jälki (mark left as a sign of passage) · la vestīgium (mark left as a sign of passage) · tg из (mark left as a sign of passage) · kaw wĕkas (residue) · de Leiterbahn ((electronics) electric current-carrying conductive pathway) · de aufzeichnen (act of tracing) · fi jäämä (very small amount)
From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue”), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tractiō (“to delineate, score, trace”), from Latin trahere (“to draw”); and Old French traquer (“to chase, hunt, pursue”), from trac (“a track, trace”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition”). More at track.
Meanings
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
Happy the mortal, who has traced effects
To their first cause c. 1792, William Cowper, On a Similar Occasion for the Year 1792:
I feel thy power […] to trace the ways / Of highest agents. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
To follow the history of.
They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction. 2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Sticks insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC:
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
(obsolete, transitive) To copy; to imitate.
That servile path thou nobly dost decline, / Of tracing word by word, and line by line. 1647, John Denham, To Sir Richard Fanshaw:
(intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
Not wont on foote with heavy armes to trace. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29:
(obsolete, transitive) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
We do trace this alley up and down. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
(transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
bg чертая (to draw or sketch) · mi whakataki (to follow the trail of) · es remontarse (to follow the history of) · hu átrajzol (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · nl spoorzoeken (to follow the trail of) · hu előrajzol (to draw or sketch) · eo spuri (to follow the trail of) · th สืบสาว (to follow the history of) · mi kanoi (to follow the history of) · fi jäljetä (to follow the trail of) · pt rastrear (to follow the trail of) · fi seurata (to follow the trail of) · grc ἰχνεύω (to follow the trail of) · fr calquer (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · hu megrajzol (to draw or sketch) · la vestīgō (to follow the trail of) · hu lerajzol (to draw or sketch) · nl overtrekken (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · mi whakaparu (to follow the trail of) · nl opsporen (to follow the trail of) · zh 描圖 /描图 (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · de abpausen (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · be чарці́ць (to draw or sketch) · hu felkutat (to follow the history of) · mi tāwhai (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · bg скицирам (to draw or sketch) · es trazar (to draw or sketch) · nn kalkera (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · fi jäljentää (to draw or sketch) · bg проследявам (to follow the history of) · mi whakataki (to follow the history of) · fi hahmotella (to draw or sketch) · sv kalkera (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · ca calcar (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · ca traçar (to draw or sketch) · mi aru (to follow the trail of) · ms menyusurgalurkan (to follow the history of) · pl namierzać (to follow the trail of) · hu követ (to follow the trail of) · ca resseguir (to follow the trail of) · fi seurata (to follow the history of) · fr tracer (to draw or sketch) · hu nyomon követ (to follow the trail of) · fi jäljentää (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · fi jäljittää (to follow the history of) · fi jäljittää (to follow the trail of) · fi jäljittää (to follow the execution of a program line by line) · nl calqueren (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · fi piirtää läpi (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · hu visszakövet (to follow the history of) · hu átkopíroz (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · fi jäljestää (to follow the trail of) · mi kanoi (to follow the trail of) · es calcar (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · th ตามรอย (to follow the trail of) · pt traçar (to draw or sketch) · cs pauzovat (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · ota چیزمك (to draw or sketch) · mi takitaki (to follow the trail of) · pl namierzyć (to follow the trail of) · be начарці́ць (to draw or sketch) · fi jäljitellä ((obsolete in English) to copy; to imitate) · mi tauaru (to follow the trail of) · eo paŭsi (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · ota چكمك (to draw or sketch) · hu kopíroz (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · no kalkere (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · mi tararere (to follow the history of) · fi kulkea ((obsolete in English) to walk over; to pass through; to traverse) · nn kalkere (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · fi kulkea ((obsolete in English) to walk; to go; to travel) · es rastrear (to follow the trail of) · bg проследявам (to follow the trail of) · bg прекопирвам (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · io kalquar (to copy onto a sheet of superimposed paper) · hu nyomon követ (to follow the history of)