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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Track  \Track\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {tracked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {tracking}.] 
  To  follow  the  tracks  or  traces  of  to  pursue  by  following  the 
  marks  of  the  feet;  to  trace;  to  trail;  as  to  track  a  deer  in 
  the  snow. 
 
  It  was  often  found  impossible  to  track  the  robbers  to 
  their  retreats  among  the  hills  and  morasses. 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  To  draw  along  continuously,  as  a  vessel,  by  a 
  line  men  or  animals  on  shore  being  the  motive  power;  to 
  tow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tracking 
  n  :  the  pursuit  (of  a  person  or  animal)  by  following  tracks  or 
  marks  they  left  behind  [syn:  {trailing}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  tracking 
 
    The  spacing  between  {characters}  in  a  line  of  {text}. 
  This  is  defined  when  a  {font}  is  designed  but  can  often  be 
  altered  in  order  to  change  the  appearance  of  the  text  or  for 
  special  effects. 
 
  Tracking  should  not  be  confused  with  {kerning}  which  deals 
  with  the  spacing  between  certain  pairs  of  characters. 
 
  See  also  {leading}. 
 
  (1996-06-07)




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