Trace vs. Copy

Tracenoun

An act of tracing.

Tracenoun

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

Tracenoun

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

Tracenoun

A residue of some substance or material.

Tracenoun

A very small amount.

Tracenoun

(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

Tracenoun

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

Tracenoun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Tracenoun

(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Tracenoun

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

Tracenoun

(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Tracenoun

(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

Tracenoun

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Traceverb

(transitive) To follow the trail of.

Traceverb

To follow the history of.

Traceverb

(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

Traceverb

(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Traceverb

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

Tracenoun

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.

Tracenoun

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.

Tracenoun

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.

Tracenoun

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.

Tracenoun

A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

Tracenoun

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Tracenoun

The ground plan of a work or works.

Traceverb

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.

Traceverb

To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Traceverb

Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Tracenoun

a just detectable amount;

Tracenoun

an indication that something has been present;

Tracenoun

a suggestion of some quality;

Tracenoun

drawing created by tracing

Tracenoun

either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

Tracenoun

a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

Traceverb

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Traceverb

make a mark or lines on a surface;

Traceverb

to go back over again;

Traceverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

Traceverb

discover traces of;

Traceverb

make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;

Traceverb

copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;

Traceverb

read with difficulty;

Traceverb

find or discover by investigation

Traceverb

find or describe the origin or development of

Traceverb

follow or mark the course or position of (something) with one's eye, mind, or finger

Traceverb

take (a particular path or route)

Traceverb

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

Traceverb

draw (a pattern or line), especially with one's finger or toe

Traceverb

give an outline of

Tracenoun

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

Tracenoun

a line or pattern displayed by an instrument to show the existence or nature of something which is being recorded or measured.

Tracenoun

a physical change in the brain presumed to be caused by a process of learning or memory.

Tracenoun

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

Tracenoun

a barely discernible indication of something

Tracenoun

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

Tracenoun

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.

Tracenoun

a path or track.

Tracenoun

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

Tracenoun

each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling.

Copynoun

The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.

Copynoun

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

Copynoun

(journalism) The text that is to be typeset.

Copynoun

(journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.

Copynoun

The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.

Copynoun

(uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.

Copynoun

A school work pad.

Copynoun

A printed edition of a book or magazine.

Copynoun

Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.

Copynoun

(obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.

Copynoun

(obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.

Copynoun

(obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease

Copynoun

(genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.

Copyverb

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

Copyverb

To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.

Copyverb

(transitive) To imitate.

Copyverb

To receive a transmission successfully.

Copynoun

An abundance or plenty of anything.

Copynoun

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

Copynoun

An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

Copynoun

That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Copynoun

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

Copynoun

A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

Copynoun

Copyhold; tenure; lease.

Copyverb

To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; - often with out, sometimes with off.

Copyverb

To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

Copyverb

To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

Copyverb

To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

Copynoun

a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

Copynoun

a secondary representation of an original;

Copynoun

matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

Copynoun

material suitable for a journalistic account;

Copyverb

copy down as is;

Copyverb

reproduce someone's behavior or looks;

Copyverb

biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of;

Copyverb

make a replica of;

Copynoun

a thing made to be similar or identical to another

Copynoun

a single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue

Copynoun

matter to be printed

Copynoun

material for a newspaper or magazine article

Copynoun

the text of an advertisement

Copynoun

a blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork

Copyverb

make a similar or identical version of; reproduce

Copyverb

reproduce (data stored in one location) in another location

Copyverb

write out information that one has read or heard

Copyverb

send a copy of a letter or an email to (a third party)

Copyverb

send someone a copy of an email that is addressed to a third party

Copyverb

imitate the style or behaviour of

Copyverb

hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter