tracing
gb/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/ us/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
B1
Englisch
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
B2
process
1
following something to its source
finding out where something came from, where it went, or how it changed over time
Verwendungsmuster:
tracing [something] to [something]; the tracing of [something]
Häufiger Fehler:
For parcels and online orders, tracking is usually more natural than tracing. Tracing often looks backward to the source or history.
Synonyme
tracking (similar, but often suggests following movement or progress over time)
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following (more general and less investigative)
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investigation (broader; may involve many methods, not only following a trail)
Antonyme
concealment (hiding the source or path rather than finding it)
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obscuring (making a trail harder to follow)
Wortverbindungen
source tracing
|origin tracing
|ancestry tracing
|route tracing
|genealogical tracing
|funds tracing
|careful tracing
|tracing the source
|tracing the history of
|tracing the route
Themen
investigation
|history
|research
|movement
Beispiele
- The tracing of the stolen funds led investigators to an overseas account.
- Her article is a careful tracing of how the slang term spread online.
- Tracing the source of the leak took the engineers two days.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Tracing my family history is fun.
- Tracing the source of the noise was difficult.
Nomen
B1
action
2
copying by following lines
copying a picture or letter by drawing on top of its lines
Verwendungsmuster:
tracing [letters/a picture/an outline]
Häufiger Fehler:
Tracing is not the same as drawing freehand; tracing follows an existing shape or line.
Synonyme
copying (more general; does not necessarily mean drawing over the original)
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outlining (focuses on drawing the outer shape)
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transferring (often used when moving a design from one surface to another)
Antonyme
freehand drawing (drawing without following an existing image or guide)
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erasing (removing lines rather than copying them)
Wortverbindungen
letter tracing
|line tracing
|image tracing
|outline tracing
|tracing exercise
|tracing worksheet
|tracing activity
|tracing practice
|tracing tool
|tracing paper
Themen
art
|education
|design
|children
Beispiele
- Tracing letters helps children learn their shapes.
- She put the photograph under a sheet of paper and started tracing the outline.
- The app lets you practice tracing Chinese characters on the screen.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I practiced tracing circles.
- Tracing this picture is easy.
Nomen
B2
entity
3
copy made by tracing
a copy of a picture or shape made by tracing it
Verwendungsmuster:
a tracing of [something]; make a tracing
Häufiger Fehler:
A tracing is the finished copy; tracing can also mean the action of making that copy.
Synonyme
copy (more general; can be made in many ways)
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outline (emphasizes the outer shape rather than the whole copied image)
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reproduction (more formal; may refer to a higher-quality copy)
Antonyme
original (the source image or object, not the copied version)
Wortverbindungen
make a tracing
|a tracing of a map
|a pencil tracing
|an outline tracing
|a rough tracing
|a detailed tracing
|tracings of inscriptions
|architectural tracing
Themen
art
|design
|documents
|education
Beispiele
- Make a tracing of the floor plan before you change the original.
- The archaeologists compared tracings of the inscription from two different sites.
- The detective kept a tracing of the tire mark in the case file.
Beispiele für Lernende
- This is my tracing of the map.
- She made a tracing of the flower.
Nomen
technical
C1
process
4
recording activity for analysis
recording what a system or program does so people can find problems
Verwendungsmuster:
enable tracing; tracing of [requests/events/execution]
Häufiger Fehler:
In computing, tracing overlaps with logging, but tracing often follows detailed flow through a system rather than just recording separate messages.
Synonyme
logging (often less focused on following a path through a system)
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monitoring (broader; may watch performance without recording detailed flows)
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instrumentation (more technical; refers to adding measurement points to code or systems)
Antonyme
unmonitored operation (running without recording or observing detailed activity)
Wortverbindungen
enable tracing
|disable tracing
|execution tracing
|request tracing
|distributed tracing
|network tracing
|system tracing
|API tracing
|tracing data
|tracing tool
Themen
technology
|software
|engineering
|diagnostics
Beispiele
- Enable tracing before you run the test, so we can see where the request fails.
- The team added tracing to the payment service after several slow checkouts.
- Tracing data showed that most of the delay came from the database.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Tracing helps developers find errors.
- We turned on tracing to see the problem.
Nomen
technical
C1
entity
5
diagnostic graph record
a line graph from a medical machine, such as a heart test
Verwendungsmuster:
an ECG/EKG/EEG tracing; a tracing of [activity/heartbeat]
Häufiger Fehler:
A medical tracing is the record or graph, not usually the medical test itself.
Synonyme
recording (more general; can be audio, video, or data as well as a graph)
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printout (emphasizes the paper or displayed result)
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trace (shorter technical term often used for the same kind of graph)
Wortverbindungen
ECG tracing
|EKG tracing
|EEG tracing
|heart-rate tracing
|fetal tracing
|waveform tracing
|baseline tracing
|abnormal tracing
|printed tracing
Themen
medicine
|health
|diagnostics
|science
Beispiele
- The ECG tracing showed an irregular heartbeat.
- A nurse printed the fetal heart-rate tracing for the doctor.
- The EEG tracing changed when the patient fell asleep.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The doctor looked at the heart tracing.
Grammatik
Grundform
tracing
IPA
GB/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
US/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
Silben & Betonung
tra - cing (2 Silben)
Stress on 1st syllable (tra)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: tracing
- Plural: tracing, tracings
Ausdrücke
asset tracing
1/ˈæsˌɛt tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
legal
locating hidden or disputed assets
finding where money or property is and who controls it
Beispiele
- The court ordered asset tracing to find money moved out of the company.
- Asset tracing revealed a series of transfers through shell companies.
- The firm specializes in asset tracing after large fraud cases.
call tracing
1/kˈɔl tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
identifying a call source
finding where a phone call came from
Beispiele
- Police used call tracing to identify where the emergency call came from.
- The phone company can activate call tracing for repeated threatening calls.
- Call tracing showed that the number had been spoofed.
contact tracing
1/kˈɑntˌækt tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
identifying exposed disease contacts
finding people who may have caught a disease from someone else
Beispiele
- Contact tracing began as soon as the measles case was confirmed.
- The clinic used contact tracing to warn people who might have been exposed.
- Effective contact tracing can help slow the spread of an outbreak.
distributed tracing
1/dɪstɹˈɪbjətɪd tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
technical
monitoring requests across services
a way for developers to follow one request through many connected computer services
Beispiele
- Distributed tracing showed that the checkout request slowed down in the inventory service.
- Engineers use distributed tracing to debug microservices.
- The platform added distributed tracing to make production errors easier to investigate.
ray tracing
1/ɹˈeɪ tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
technical
realistic light simulation
a way for computers to make light and reflections look realistic
Beispiele
- Ray tracing makes reflections and shadows look more realistic in games.
- The new graphics card can handle real-time ray tracing.
- The film studio used ray tracing to render the glass and water effects.
skip tracing
1/skˈɪp tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
technical
locating a hard-to-find person
finding someone who is hard to find, often because they owe money or are avoiding people
Beispiele
- The agency used skip tracing to find a tenant who had left without paying rent.
- Skip tracing combines public records, credit data, and interviews.
- A private investigator handled the skip tracing for the law firm.
tracing paper
1/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ pˈeɪpɚ/
fixed phrase
transparent copying paper
thin paper you can see through, used to copy drawings
Beispiele
- She laid tracing paper over the sketch and copied the design.
- The sewing pattern was printed on thin tracing paper.
- Students used tracing paper to compare the two maps.