trace : Idioms & Phrases
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Curve tracing
(Math.) , the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other perculiarities of a curve from its equation.
Webster 1913
explosive trace detection
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noun a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
ETD.
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Foliar trace
(Bot.) , a particular fibrovascular bundle passing down into the stem from a leaf.
Webster 1913
lady's traces
La"dy's tra"ces, La"dies' tress"es
(Also<
- Lady's traces
- Ladies' tresses
)
Definitions
(Bot.) A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes , in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
Webster 1913
Leaf trace
(Bot.) , one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf.
Webster 1913
memory trace
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noun a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory
engram.
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Primitive streak ∨ trace
(Anat.) , an opaque and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the vertebrate blastoderm.
Webster 1913
Syn
- . -Vestige; mark; token. See
Vestige .
Webster 1913
trace detector
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noun a screening device for traces of explosives; used at airline terminals
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trace element
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noun an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes
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trace program
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noun a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program
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tracing paper
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noun a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings
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tracing routine
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noun a routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program
