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English Dictionary: tracking by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tracking
n
  1. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
    Synonym(s): trailing, tracking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               It was often found impossible to track the robbers to
               their retreats among the hills and morasses.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a
            line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to
            tow.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   tracking
  
      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)
  
  
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