7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trace \Trace\, n. (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus fr primus the
first: cf F. primitif. See {Prime}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early
times; original; primordial; primeval; first as
primitive innocence; the primitive church. ``Our primitive
great sire.'' --Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned;
characterized by simplicity; as a primitive style of
dress.
3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as primitive
verb in grammar.
{Primitive axes of co["o]rdinate} (Geom.), that system of
axes to which the points of a magnitude are first
referred, with reference to a second set or system, to
which they are afterward referred.
{Primitive chord} (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of
which is of the same literal denomination as the
fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music).
{Primitive circle} (Spherical Projection), the circle cut
from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.
{Primitive colors} (Paint.), primary colors. See under
{Color}.
{Primitive Fathers} (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian
writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D.
325. --Shipley.
{Primitive groove} (Anat.), a depression or groove in the
epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with
the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of
it
{Primitive plane} (Spherical Projection), the plane upon
which the projections are made generally coinciding with
some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a
meridian.
{Primitive rocks} (Geol.), primary rocks. See under
{Primary}.
{Primitive sheath}. (Anat.) See {Neurilemma}.
{Primitive streak} or {trace} (Anat.), an opaque and
thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the
vertebrate blastoderm.
Syn: First original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval;
antiquated; old-fashioned.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trace. See {Trace}, v. t. ]
1. 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.
--Milton.
2. (Chem. & Min.) 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
3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left
when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token;
vestige.
The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or
blood, but in the sylvan chase. --Pope.
4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane
of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate
plane.
5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works
{Syn}.-Vestige; mark; token. See {Vestige}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trace \Trace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {traced}; p. pr & vb n.
{tracing}.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL
tractiare fr.L. tractus p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf
{Abstract}, {Attract}, {Contract}, {Portratt}, {Tract},
{Trail}, {Train}, {Treat}. ]
1. 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.
Some faintly traced features or outline of the
mother and the child, slowly lading into the
twilight of the woods. --Hawthorne.
2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or
thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks,
or tokens. --Cowper.
You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. --T.
Burnet.
I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest
agents. --Milton.
3. Hence to follow the trace or track of
How all the way the prince on footpace traced.
--Spenser.
4. To copy; to imitate.
That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of
tracing word and line by line --Denham.
5. To walk over to pass through to traverse.
We do tracethis alley up and down --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trace \Trace\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trace \Trace\, v. i.
To walk; to go to travel. [Obs.]
Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. --Spenser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trace
n 1: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of
an accent" [syn: {hint}, {suggestion}]
2: a clue that something has been present; "there wasn't a
trace of evidence for the claim" [syn: {vestige}, {shadow}]
3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm
in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
[syn: {touch}, {ghost}]
4: something drawn by tracing [syn: {tracing}]
5: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a
wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
v 1: follow discover, or ascertain the course of development of
something "We must follow closely the economic
development is Cuba" [syn: {follow}]
2: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the
outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape"
[syn: {draw}, {line}, {outline}, {describe}, {delineate}]
3: to go back over again as of a route or steps: we retraced
the route we took last summer. [syn: {retrace}]
4: pursue or chase relentlessly [syn: {hound}, {hunt}]
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