tracing

noun

1. the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline

Definition categories: act, drafting, draftsmanship, drawing

2. a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

Similar word(s): trace

Definition categories: man–made, drawing

3. the discovery and description of the course of development of something

- the tracing of genealogies

Definition categories: act, discovery, find, uncovering