Extremely small quantity of an element, usually too small to determine quantitatively
The amount of rainfall or other form of precipitation which occurs when the quantity is so small that it cannot be measured in the rain gage
copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
A sequential record of data or program flow, useful for troubleshooting NonStop CORBA includes facilities to trace the flow of control within an application
If you say that someone or something sinks without trace or sinks without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely. The Social Democratic Party has sunk without trace at these elections
Explain a sequence of steps or events E g "Trace the development of the union movement in the U S "
If you trace a picture, you copy it by covering it with a piece of transparent paper and drawing over the lines underneath. She learned to draw by tracing pictures out of old storybooks
An ICE command that will save the most recent "n" instructions executed The trace can also be conditional, e g , trace only those instructions that access memory between 0 and 1023
The path of conductive material that conveys voltage or current from one point to another on a printed circuit board Traces add resistance to the circuit 4
The amount of rainfall or other forms of precipitation which occurs when the quantity is so small that it cannot be measured by a rain gage
a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
A trace is a sign which shows you that someone or something has been in a place. There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle Finally, and mysteriously, Hoffa disappeared without trace
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