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traceable
trace 1 T0298700 (trās)n.1. a. A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.b. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige: left without a trace of having been there.2. a. An extremely small amount or barely perceivable indication: spoke with a trace of sarcasm.b. A constituent, such as a chemical compound or element, present in quantities less than a standard limit.3. A path or trail that has been beaten out by the passage of animals or people.4. An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something: put a trace on the phone call; asked for a trace on a lost package.5. A line drawn by a recording instrument, such as a cardiograph.6. Mathematics a. The point at which a line, or the curve in which a surface, intersects a coordinate plane.b. The sum of the elements of the principal diagonal of a matrix.7. An engram.v. traced, trac·ing, trac·es v.tr.1. a. To go along or follow (a path, for example): We traced the trail up the mountain.b. To follow the course or trail of: trace a wounded deer.2. a. To ascertain the successive stages in the development or progress of: tracing the life cycle of an insect; trace the history of a family.b. To discover or determine by searching or researching evidence: trace the cause of a disease.c. To locate or ascertain the origin of: traced the money to a foreign bank account.3. a. To draw (a line or figure); sketch; delineate.b. To form (letters) with special concentration or care.4. a. To copy by following lines seen through a sheet of transparent paper.b. To follow closely (a prescribed pattern): The skater traced a figure eight.5. a. To imprint (a design) by pressure with an instrument on a superimposed pattern.b. To make a design or series of markings on (a surface) by such pressure on a pattern.6. To record (a variable), as on a graph.v.intr.1. To make one's way along a trail or course: We traced along the ridge.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 trace, from Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, from Latin tractus, a dragging, course, from past participle of trahere, to draw.]
trace′a·bil′i·ty n.trace′a·ble adj.trace′a·bly adv.
trace 2 T0298700 (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.Idiom: kick over the traces To act in a way that contravenes social expectations or propriety: "As soon as the opportunity presented itself, [he] kicked over the traces and threw himself into a life of pleasure" (K.D. Reynolds).
[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.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  traceable - (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to; "a failure traceable to lack of energy"attributable - capable of being attributed; "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale"; "an idea attributable to a Russian" | | 2. |  traceable - capable of being traced or tracked; "a traceable riverbed"; "the traceable course of an ancient wall"trackableuntraceable - incapable of being traced or tracked down; "an untraceable source" |
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Synonyms for traceableadj (usually followed by 'to') able to be traced toRelated Wordsadj capable of being traced or trackedSynonymsAntonyms |