TRACE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English (first recorded as a noun in the sense ‘path that someone or something takes’): from Old French trace (noun), tracier (verb), based on Latin tractus (see tract)

find or discover by investigation

find or discover by investigation

• police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area

copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper

copy drawing, map, or design by drawing over its lines on superimposed piece of transparent paper

• trace a map of the world on to a large piece of paper

a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something

mark, object, or other indication of existence

• remove all traces of the old adhesive
• the aircraft disappeared without trace

a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured

very small quantity

• his body contained traces of amphetamines
• trace quantities of PCBs

a procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made

procedure to investigate source of something, such as place from which telephone call was made

• we've got a trace on the call

a line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.

line which represents projection of curve or surface on plane

a path or track.

path or track

the sum of the elements in the principal diagonal of a square matrix.

sum of elements in principal diagonal of square matrix