1. copies of drawings, maps, or designs made by placing transparent paper over the original and drawing over the lines
2. recorded patterns or marks made by measuring instruments
Usage: technical

Examples

• The architect made several tracings of the building plans.
• She created tracings of the old map for her history project.
• The students used tracing paper to make tracings of the leaf shapes.
• The seismograph produced tracings showing earthquake activity.
• Medical tracings from the EKG revealed an irregular heartbeat.
• The detective studied the tracings left by the suspect’s footprints.