tracking

4 definitions found

tracking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
        [1913 Webster]

tracking - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tracking
      n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
           marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]

tracking - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  tracking
  
     <text> 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)
  

tracking - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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