Tracking

4 definitions found

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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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]:

  tracking
       n : the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
           marks they left behind [syn: {trailing}]

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

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "tracking":
     automatic tracking, chase, data transmission, dogging,
     flector tuning, follow, follow-up, following, hue and cry, hunting,
     locking on, locking signals, mapping, phase adjustment,
     pinpointing, precision focusing, prosecution, pursuance, pursuing,
     pursuit, quest, radar navigation, radar-telephone relay,
     range finding, scan conversion, scanning, searching, seeking,
     shadowing, signal modulation, stalking, three-pointing,
     tracking down, trailing, triangulation, triggering signals
  
  

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