The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted. [1913 Webster]
A regular path or track; a course. [1913 Webster]

Tracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tracing, n.
1 a copy of a drawing etc. made by tracing.
2 = TRACE(1) n. 3.
3 the act or an instance of tracing.

Idiom

tracing-paper translucent paper used for making tracings.

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THESAURUS

tracing

apograph, black and white, brouillon, carbon, carbon copy, cartoon, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chiaroscuro, companion, copy, crayon, dead ringer, delineation, design, diagram, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, duplication, ebauche, effigy, esquisse, exact likeness, fellow, fiche, graph, hectography, icon, idol, image, likeness, line drawing, living image, living picture, manifold, match, mate, microcopy, microfiche, microform, mimeography, miniature, mirroring, model, pastel, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing, photograph, picture, portrait, recording, reduplication, reflection, reproduction, reprography, resemblance, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, rubbing, semblance, shadow, silhouette, silver-print drawing, similitude, simulacrum, sinopia, sketch, spit and image, spitting image, study, tenor, trace, transcript, transcription, transfer, twin, very image, very picture, vignette, xerography

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ROGET THESAURUS

tracing

Copy

N copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype, imitation, model, representation, adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance, duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing, reflex, reflexion, reflection, shadow, echo, transcript, transcription, recording, scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe, apograph, fair copy, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase, derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation, plagiarism, counterfeit, fake, pasticcio, faithful, lifelike, close, conscientious, unoriginal, imitative, derivative.

Representation

N representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

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