trace
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4.2
- noun
- /treɪs/
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- He carefully made a trace of the original drawing to preserve its details for his project.
Examples
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Over 3 years, only 5 of more than 600 well samples showed any pesticide traces.
Academic text (1999) -
And now we take this piece, that's the shape of trace, and we just put it around our drawing and take a picture of it.
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Specific areas of information found helpful included cross-contamination guidance, food labeling issues, and the risk of trace contaminants.
Academic text (2005) -
To create her artwork, she made a trace by placing a transparent sheet over the picture and copying its lines.
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The teacher showed the students how to make a trace of an old painting using tracing paper.
Synonyms
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2.8
Making a copy of a drawing by following its lines
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.4
A very small amount of a metal or mineral the body needs to stay healthy
- Specialized
A way to find tiny amounts of explosives on bags using a cloth and a machine
- Specialized
A device that checks for tiny amounts of explosives at security checkpoints
- Specialized
A device that finds very small amounts of chemicals in air, water or on surfaces
- Specialized
A type of fortress design with many triangular outer walls that let defenders' guns cover each other
- Specialized
A tool that shows each step a computer program takes while it runs to find errors
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trace for a copied drawing also goes back to Latin trahere 'to pull' and Old French use for an 'outline' or sketch. That's why a trace is a drawing made by following the original lines on a transparent sheet.