Word Finder - trace

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An act of tracing.

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Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.

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An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

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A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

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A residue of some substance or material.

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There are traces of chocolate around your lips.

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A very small amount.

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All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.

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A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

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An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

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One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

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A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, 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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(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

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The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

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The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

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(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

They can trace it!

I used my charge card and he'll trace us here.

The assassin gave a trace of a smile, closed his eyes, and disappeared.

Can you trace it or something?

Dusty, can you trace the girl's GPS tag?

You have a trace of darkness about you.

Instinctively, she reached out to feel his warm skin and trace the ridges of his abdomen.

We can find no trace of her yet.

Damian gave a trace of a smile.

But not a trace could they find of the tiny creature they sought.

Let not a trace of you remain here!...

If anyone could trace a disposable phone, they could.

Weller continued, the trace of a smile on his face.

Finding no trace of the cracker there, she pointed to my stomach and spelled "eat," meaning, "Did you eat it?"

Alex's mouth twisted into a wry smile and the dark eyes that sought hers held a trace of humor.

And now it was gone, not even a trace lingering as he spoke.

Dean tried to isolate the sound, looking frantically in all downward directions, trying to see a trace, a telltale puff of smoke in the gathering dusk.

I might have a later text with similar symbols I can use to trace the roots of the writing, Tamer answered.

Not a trace of the damage Jonny did remained.

The stem is Lsolid and corky, much more solid than the flesh of the cap, and perfectly smooth, never being furnished with the slightest trace of a ring.

The trace of Alexandrian influence is to be found in the pretence that his actual father was Nectanebus, a fugitive king of Egypt.

There is no trace of any incorporation of the town.

As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.

The ornamented grounds of villas which will one day be built here may still preserve some trace of this.

Helene was so lovely that not only did she not show any trace of coquetry, but on the contrary she even appeared shy of her unquestionable and all too victorious beauty.

In the expression of his face, in his movements, in his walk, scarcely a trace was left of his former affected languor and indolence.

There was not a trace of agitation on his face.

I'll be in touch but please don't trace my calls.

He leisurely began to trace a finger along the elastic waist­band in search of a telltale imperfection he could locate on a later date, giving identifying confirmation to his theory.

During thunderstorms the record from an electrograph shows large sudden excursions, the trace usually going off the sheet with every flash of.

Its long subjection to Turkey has left little trace of antiquity, and the most striking features in the general view are the minarets of the disused mosques (only four are now in use) and the Mahommedan burying-grounds.

Hind-feet with no trace of first toe externally, but the metatarsal bone is present.

It appears to be traceable in its Greek dress in writings of the philosopher Democritus and the dramatist Menander; it was certainly known to the author of Tobit and perhaps to the author of Daniel; some would trace its influence in the New Testament, in the parable of the wicked servant and elsewhere; it was known to Mahomet and is referred to in the Koran; it has been included among the tales in the Arabian Nights; and it survives in a good many versions ancient and modern.

The Phoenicians have left no marked trace of their presence; but inasmuch as they were probably of nearly the same race as the Arabs, it would not be easy to distinguish the two types.

Microscopic accuracy has to be attained in cutting out the space for the insertion of the design, and while the latter must be soldered firmly in its place, not the slightest trace of solder or the least sign of junction must be discernible between the metal of the inserted picture and that of the field in which it is inserted.

Yet perchance the first who came to this well have left some trace of their footsteps.

The actors of 1812 have long since left the stage, their personal interests have vanished leaving no trace, and nothing remains of that time but its historic results.

Under Turkish protection, he visited the territory of the Hashid and Bakil tribes north-east of Sana, and though their hostile attitude compelled him to return after reaching their first important town, Khamr, he had time to reconnoitre the plateau lying between the two great wadis Kharid and Hirran, formerly covered with Himyaritic towns and villages; and to trace the course of these wadis to their junction at El Ish in the Dhu Husen country, and thence onward to the Jauf.

The principality of Tmutarakan, founded by his grandson Mstislav (988), replaced the kingdom of Khazaria, the last trace of which was extinguished by a joint expedition of Russians and Byzantines (io16).

St Peter's is interesting as the oldest church in Munich (12th century), though no trace of the original basilica remains.

Many attempts have been made to trace the West Semitic Yahu back to Babylonia.

According to some writers (Leuckart) they are derived from undifferentiated blastomeres, other authorities (Thomas, Biehringer, Heckert) trace them to the parietal cells of the larva.

The ransom demanded was 150,000 marks; though it was never discharged in full, the resources of England were taxed to the utmost for the first instalments; and to this occasion we may trace the beginning of secular taxation levied on movable property.

Of this quality there was no trace in his manner, which was courteous, conciliatory and even deferential; nor in his speech, which breathed an almost exaggerated humility.

Amalgamation has been completely effected in the course of long centuries, and even the Ainu, though the small surviving remnant of them now live apart, have left a trace upon their conquerors.

One is lost in astonishment at the nervous yet perfectly regulated force and the unerring fidelity of every trace of the chisel.

There are also present small quantities of arsenic and antimony, and zinc is found generally as a mere trace, but sometimes reaching to 6%.

Thus the story of wood-carving is very difficult to trace.

Germany The earliest trace of the literary journal in Germany is to be found in the Erbauliche Monatsunterredungen (1663) of the poet Johann Rist and in the Miscellanea curiosa medico-physica (1670-1704) of the Academia naturae curiosorum Leopoldina-Carolina, the first scientific annual, uniting the features of the Journal des savants and of the Philosophical Transactions.

It is certain that the structure existing in the alloy is closely connected with the mechanical properties, such as hardness, toughness, rigidity, and so on, that make particular alloys valuable in the arts, and many efforts have been made to trace this connexion.