tracing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
noun a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
noun the discovery and description of the course of development of something

From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.

Memories How sweet the silent backward tracings! — Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
Secondly, the tracing of effects to causes. — On War, Carl von Clausewitz
“Why did you make this tracing?” I asked. — The blue scarab, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

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