traceable

trace•a•ble adj.

capable of being traced.
attributable or ascribable (usually fol. by to):a victory traceable to good coaching.

trace′a•bil ′i•ty, trace′a•ble•ness, n.
trace ′a•bly, adv.

trace¹ n., v., traced, trac•ing,
n. [countable]

a mark, sign, or piece of evidence of the existence, influence, or action of someone, something, or some event:Those statues are the only traces of a once-great civilization.
a small amount or sign of some quality, characteristic, etc.:a trace of sadness in her smile.
Chemistryan extremely small amount of some substance or part:a trace of copper in that alloy.
traces, [plural] the series of footprints left by an animal.
a tracing, drawing, or sketch of something.
a lightly drawn line:the traces on the seismograph when the last earthquake hit.

v. [~ + object]

to follow the footprints, tracks, or traces of:The FBI traced the van back to the rental company.
to follow (footprints, evidence, the history or course of something, etc.)
to find out or uncover by investigating:to trace the cause of the disease.
to draw or copy (a line, etc.), as by copying and following the lines of the original on a piece of transparent paper placed over it:She traced the picture of the dog onto her notebook paper.

trace•a•ble, adj.
trac•er, n. [countable]See -trac-.

trace¹ n., v., traced, trac•ing.
n.

a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event;
vestige:traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins.
a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic, expression, etc.:a trace of anger in his tone.
an extremely small amount of some chemical component:a trace of copper in its composition.
traces, the series of footprints left by an animal.
the track left by the passage of a person, animal, or object:the trace of her skates on the ice.
[Meteorol.]precipitation of less than 0.005 in. (0.127 mm).
a trail or path, esp. through wild or open territory, made by the passage of people, animals, or vehicles.
Psychologyengram.
a tracing, drawing, or sketch of something.
a lightly drawn line, as the record drawn by a self-registering instrument.
[Math.]
- the intersection of two planes, or of a plane and a surface.
- the sum of the elements along the principal diagonal of a square matrix.
- the geometric locus of an equation.
the visible line or lines produced on the screen of a cathode-ray tube by the deflection of the electron beam.
[Ling.](in generative grammar) a construct that is phonologically empty but serves to mark the place in the surface structure of a sentence from which a noun phrase has been moved by a transformational operation.
[Obs.]a footprint.

v.t.

to follow the footprints, track, or traces of.
to follow, make out, or determine the course or line of, esp. by going backward from the latest evidence, nearest existence, etc.:to trace one's ancestry to the Pilgrims.
to follow (footprints, evidence, the history or course of something, etc.).
to follow the course, development, or history of:to trace a political movement.
to ascertain by investigation;
find out;
discover:The police were unable to trace his whereabouts.
to draw (a line, outline, figure, etc.).
to make a plan, diagram, or map of.
to copy (a drawing, plan, etc.) by following the lines of the original on a superimposed transparent sheet.
to mark or ornament with lines, figures, etc.
to make an impression or imprinting of (a design, pattern, etc.).
(of a self-registering instrument) to print in a curved, broken, or wavy-lined manner.
to put down in writing.

v.i.

to go back in history, ancestry, or origin;
date back in time:Her family traces back to Paul Revere.
to follow a course, trail, etc.;
make one's way.
(of a self-registering instrument) to print a record in a curved, broken, or wavy-lined manner.

Old French, derivative of tracier
Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, derivative of Latin tractus, past participle of trahere to draw, drag; (noun, nominal) Middle English: origin, originally, way, course, line of footprints
Middle French tracier
late Middle English tracen, Middle English: to make one's way, proceed 1250–1300

Trace

vestige

Trace

a trace of ammonia in water.

Vestige

vestiges of one's former wealth.

15.

trace² n.

either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal. See illus. under harness.
a piece in a machine, as a bar, transferring the movement of one part to another part, being hinged to each.
kick over the traces, to throw off restraint;
become independent or defiant:He kicked over the traces and ran off to join the navy.

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