tracing

 
Pronunciation: /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/

noun

  • 1a copy of a drawing, map, or design made by tracing.
  • 2a faint or delicate mark or pattern: tracings of apple blossoms against the deep greens of pines
  • [mass noun] the action of marking out a figure on the ice when skating.
  • a line or pattern corresponding to something which is being recorded or measured; a trace.