| Trace (trace) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Trace |
| [F. trais. pl. of
trait. See Trait.] |
One of two straps, chains, or ropes
of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree
attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
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A mark left by anything
passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the
trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous
trace.
A very small quantity of
an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that
the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis] -- hence, in
stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
A mark, impression, or visible appearance of
anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token;
vestige.
The
intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a
coordinate plane.
The ground plan of a work or
works.
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To mark out] to draw or delineate with marks;
especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and
marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to
trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
To follow by some mark that has been left by a
person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or
tokens.
Hence, to follow the trace or track
of.
To copy; to imitate.
To walk over; to pass through; to
traverse.
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To walk; to go; to
travel.
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| Trace (trace) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Trace |
| (Mech.) |
A
connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another
piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another;
specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from
the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
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