Track

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]
     1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to
        determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
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              This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and


              groove to equal breadth by.           --Moxon.
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              There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.
                                                    --I. Taylor.
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     2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
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              The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and
              contempt.                             --Burke.
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     3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or
        regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or
        template; as, a button maker's gauge.
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     4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the
        state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical
        elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some
        particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
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     5. (Naut.)
        (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with
            reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather
            gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and
            the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
        (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
            --Totten.
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     6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
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     Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is
           four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,
           gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,
           seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard
           gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called
           narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six
           inches.
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     7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with
        common plaster to accelerate its setting.
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     8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which
        is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of
        such shingles, slates, or tiles.
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     {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the
        wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.
  
     {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining
        the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
  
     {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel
        flange striking the edge of the rail.
  
     {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.
  
     {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object
        having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,
        to a templet or gauge.
  
     {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is
        one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given
        measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
  
     {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of
        barrels, casks, etc.
  
     {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of
        cut. --Knight.
  
     {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making
        cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
  
     {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to
        determine the depth of the furrow.
  
     {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line
        parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
  
     {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of
        the page.
  
     {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of
        rain at any given place.
  
     {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance
        for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its
        specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
  
     {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
        
  
     {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with
        mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the
        degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air
        pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
  
     {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.)
        (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted
            dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,
            as screws, railway-car axles, etc.
        (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,
            and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the
            working gauges.
        (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.
  
     {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the
        diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its
        length.
  
     {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of
        steam, as in a boiler.
  
     {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the
        tides.
  
     {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the
        relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a
        steam engine and the air.
  
     {Water gauge}.
        (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water
            surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or
            glass.
        (b) The height of the water in the boiler.
  
     {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the
        wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
  
     {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or
        the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.
        See under {Wire}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Track \Track\, n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of
     animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to
     draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. {Trick}.]
     1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the
        track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the
        track of a sled or a wheel.
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              The bright track of his fiery car.    --Shak.
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     2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or
        beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
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              Far from track of men.                --Milton.
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     3. (Zool.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of
        birds, etc.
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     4. A road; a beaten path.
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              Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden.
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     5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
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     6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
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     7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
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     8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of
        land. [Obs.] "Small tracks of ground." --Fuller.
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     {Track scale}, a railway scale. See under {Railway}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           It was often found impossible to track the robbers to
           their retreats among the hills and morasses.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a
        line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to
        tow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  track
       n 1: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the
            hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of
            an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: {path}, {course}]
       2: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are
          following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to
          the perpetrator" [syn: {lead}, {trail}]
       3: a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
       4: a course over which races are run [syn: {racetrack}, {racecourse},
           {raceway}]
       5: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact
          disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title
          track of the album" [syn: {cut}]
       6: an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over
          the ground [syn: {caterpillar track}, {caterpillar tread}]
       7: (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a
          magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and
          reading data [syn: {data track}]
       8: a groove on a phonograph recording
       9: a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which
          vehicles can roll [syn: {rail}, {rails}]
       10: any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
           [syn: {cart track}, {cartroad}]
       11: the act of participating in an athletic competition
           involving running on a track [syn: {running}]
       v 1: carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
       2: observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a
          missile"
       3: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the
          mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn:
          {chase}, {chase after}, {trail}, {tail}, {tag}, {give
          chase}, {dog}, {go after}]
       4: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100
          miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {cover}, {cross}, {pass
          over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut through}, {cut
          across}]
       5: make tracks upon

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  427 Moby Thesaurus words for "track":
     L, Rugby, a reckoning of, account of, acrobatics, afterclap,
     aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage,
     aftermath, aftertaste, agonistics, aim, air lane, alameda, alley,
     apprehend, archery ground, artery, association football,
     athletic field, athletics, attend, automobile racing, avenue,
     azimuth, backwash, badminton court, baseball field,
     basketball court, bathing, bearing, beat, beaten path,
     beaten track, bent, berm, bicycle path, billiard parlor, birthmark,
     blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, boardwalk, boulevard,
     bowling alley, bowling green, branch, bridle path, broad hint,
     bulla, bureaucracy, bureaucratism, cable railway, capture, catch,
     catwalk, chase, check, check of, chinoiserie, cicatrix, circuit,
     class, clue, cog railway, come after, comedo, condensation trail,
     contrail, count of, course, court, cover, crack, crater, craze,
     cricket ground, croquet ground, croquet lawn, cue, current,
     daily grind, defacement, defect, deformation, deformity, diamond,
     direction, direction line, disfiguration, disfigurement, displace,
     distortion, do, dog, dog racing, drag, drift, drive, el,
     electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, emanate, embankment,
     ensue, esplanade, fairway, falcon, fastwalk, fault, feeder,
     feeder line, ferret out, field, find, flaw, flight path, flush,
     follow, follow a clue, follow after, follow the hounds, follow up,
     foot pavement, football field, footpath, footprints, footstep,
     footway, forget, form, fowl, freckle, garden path, gentle hint,
     gesture, glaciarium, glimmer, glimmering, go after, go hunting,
     golf course, golf links, grade, gravity-operated railway, gridiron,
     grind, groove, gun, gym, gymnasium, gymnastics, hawk, heading,
     helmsmanship, hemangioma, hickey, highway, hiking trail, hint,
     horse racing, horse railway, hound, hunt, hunt down, ice rink,
     implication, impress, imprint, inclination, index, indication,
     infield, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, issue,
     itinerary, jack, jacklight, jog trot, junction, keep track of,
     keep up on, keep up with, keloid, kick, kink, lay, lentigo, lie,
     light railroad, line, line of direction, line of march, links,
     look, lose, lose sight of, lose track of, main line, mall, mark,
     measure, metro, milium, mislay, misplace, mole, monitor, monorail,
     natation, navigation, needle scar, nevus, nod, nose, nose out,
     nudge, orbit, orientation, outfield, oval, overpass, oversee,
     overtake, palaestra, parade, pass over, pass through, path,
     pathway, patrol, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, piloting,
     pimple, piste, pit, playground, playing field, playroom, ply, pock,
     pockmark, point, polo ground, pool hall, poolroom, port-wine mark,
     port-wine stain, prado, primrose path, print, prints, promenade,
     prompt, prowl after, public walk, pursue, pustule, putting green,
     quarter, racecourse, racing, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway,
     racket court, rail, rail line, railroad, rails, railway, range,
     range over, reconnoiter, record, red tape, red-tapeism, replace,
     result, ride to hounds, rift, rink, road, roadbed, roadway, round,
     route, routine, rugger, run, run down, run to earth, runway, rut,
     scab, scar, scent, scour, scour the country, scout, scratch,
     sea lane, sebaceous cyst, seek out, set, shadow, shikar, shoot,
     shortcut, sidetrack, sidewalk, siding, sign, signal, signs,
     skating rink, slot, smell out, sniff out, soccer, soccer field,
     split, spoor, sport, sports, squash court, squirrel cage, stalk,
     start, steerage, steering, step, still-hunt, strawberry mark,
     street, street railway, streetcar line, stretch, sty, subway,
     succeed, suggestion, supervene, supervise, suspicion, sweep,
     swimming, switchback, symptom, tabs of, tail, tally of, telltale,
     tendency, tennis court, tenor, terminal, terminus, the turf,
     thoroughfare, tour, towing path, towpath, trace, trace down,
     traces, track, track and field, track down, track of, track sports,
     tract, trade route, trail, traject, trajectory, trajet, tram,
     tramline, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread,
     treadmill, trend, trestle, trolley line, trottoir, trunk,
     trunk line, tube, tumbling, turf, turnout, twist, underground,
     vapor trail, verruca, vesicle, vestige, voyage, wake, wale, walk,
     walkway, warp, wart, wash, watch, way, weal, well-worn groove,
     welt, wen, whisper, whitehead, wink
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  track
       
           The part of a {disk} which passes under one
          read/write head while the head is stationary.  The number of
          tracks on a disk surface therefore corresponds to the number
          of different radial positions of the head(s).  The collection
          of all tracks on all surfaces at a given radial position is
          known a {cylinder} and each track is divided into {sectors}.
       
          (1997-07-15)