tracing
gb/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/ us/tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
B1
Angielski
Znaczenia
0 znaczeń
Rzeczownik
B2
process
1
following something to its source
finding out where something came from, where it went, or how it changed over time
Schemat użycia:
tracing [something] to [something]; the tracing of [something]
Częsty błąd:
For parcels and online orders, tracking is usually more natural than tracing. Tracing often looks backward to the source or history.
Synonimy
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)
Antonimy
concealment (hiding the source or path rather than finding it)
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obscuring (making a trail harder to follow)
Kolokacje
source tracing
|origin tracing
|ancestry tracing
|route tracing
|genealogical tracing
|funds tracing
|careful tracing
|tracing the source
|tracing the history of
|tracing the route
Tematy
investigation
|history
|research
|movement
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- Tracing my family history is fun.
- Tracing the source of the noise was difficult.
Rzeczownik
B1
action
2
copying by following lines
copying a picture or letter by drawing on top of its lines
Schemat użycia:
tracing [letters/a picture/an outline]
Częsty błąd:
Tracing is not the same as drawing freehand; tracing follows an existing shape or line.
Synonimy
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)
Antonimy
freehand drawing (drawing without following an existing image or guide)
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erasing (removing lines rather than copying them)
Kolokacje
letter tracing
|line tracing
|image tracing
|outline tracing
|tracing exercise
|tracing worksheet
|tracing activity
|tracing practice
|tracing tool
|tracing paper
Tematy
art
|education
|design
|children
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- I practiced tracing circles.
- Tracing this picture is easy.
Rzeczownik
B2
entity
3
copy made by tracing
a copy of a picture or shape made by tracing it
Schemat użycia:
a tracing of [something]; make a tracing
Częsty błąd:
A tracing is the finished copy; tracing can also mean the action of making that copy.
Synonimy
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)
Antonimy
original (the source image or object, not the copied version)
Kolokacje
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
Tematy
art
|design
|documents
|education
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- This is my tracing of the map.
- She made a tracing of the flower.
Rzeczownik
technical
C1
process
4
recording activity for analysis
recording what a system or program does so people can find problems
Schemat użycia:
enable tracing; tracing of [requests/events/execution]
Częsty błąd:
In computing, tracing overlaps with logging, but tracing often follows detailed flow through a system rather than just recording separate messages.
Synonimy
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)
Antonimy
unmonitored operation (running without recording or observing detailed activity)
Kolokacje
enable tracing
|disable tracing
|execution tracing
|request tracing
|distributed tracing
|network tracing
|system tracing
|API tracing
|tracing data
|tracing tool
Tematy
technology
|software
|engineering
|diagnostics
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- Tracing helps developers find errors.
- We turned on tracing to see the problem.
Rzeczownik
technical
C1
entity
5
diagnostic graph record
a line graph from a medical machine, such as a heart test
Schemat użycia:
an ECG/EKG/EEG tracing; a tracing of [activity/heartbeat]
Częsty błąd:
A medical tracing is the record or graph, not usually the medical test itself.
Synonimy
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)
Kolokacje
ECG tracing
|EKG tracing
|EEG tracing
|heart-rate tracing
|fetal tracing
|waveform tracing
|baseline tracing
|abnormal tracing
|printed tracing
Tematy
medicine
|health
|diagnostics
|science
Przykłady
- 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.
Przykłady dla uczących się
- The doctor looked at the heart tracing.
Gramatyka
Forma słownikowa
tracing
IPA
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Sylaby i akcent
tra - cing (2 sylaby)
Stress on 1st syllable (tra)
Formy wyrazu
Noun
- Base: tracing
- Plural: tracing, tracings
Wyrażenia
asset tracing
1/ˈæsˌɛt tɹˈeɪsɪŋ/
fixed phrase
legal
locating hidden or disputed assets
finding where money or property is and who controls it
Przykłady
- 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
Przykłady
- 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
Przykłady
- 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
Przykłady
- 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
Przykłady
- 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
Przykłady
- 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
Przykłady
- 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.