Pointer and Trace

noun

• A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
  • synonyms: arrow
• An indicator as on a dial.
• Computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions.
  • synonyms: cursor
• A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game.
  • synonyms: Spanish pointer

• (n.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
• (n.) One who or that which, points.
• (n.) The hand of a timepiece.
• (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
• (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.

noun

• A just detectable amount.
  • usage: "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
  • synonyms: hint, suggestion
• An indication that something has been present.
  • usage: "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
  • synonyms: vestige, tincture, shadow
• A suggestion of some quality.
  • usage: "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
  • synonyms: touch, ghost
• A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image.
  • synonyms: tracing
• Either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree.
• A visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle.

verb

• Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.
  • usage: "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"
  • synonyms: follow
• Make a mark or lines on a surface.
  • usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
  • synonyms: draw, line, describe, delineate
• To go back over again.
  • usage: "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
  • synonyms: retrace
• Pursue or chase relentlessly.
  • usage: "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
  • synonyms: hound, hunt
• Discover traces of.
  • usage: "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
• Make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along.
  • usage: "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"
• Copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of.
  • usage: "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
• Read with difficulty.
  • usage: "Can you decipher this letter"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
  • synonyms: decipher

• (n.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
• (v.i.) To walk; to go; to travel.
• (v.t.) To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks or tokens.
• (v.t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
• (v.t.) Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
• (v.t.) To copy; to imitate.
• (v.t.) The intersection of a plane of projection or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
• (v.t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
• (v.t.) The ground plan of a work or works.
• (v.t.) A mark, impression or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
• (v.t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
• (n.) One of two straps, chains or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
• (v.t.) 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.

• French, English: From Thracia. Surname dating from before the Norman conquest
• Anglo-Saxon, English: Brave
• English: Short form of Tracy