present participle of trace

(geology) A line drawn on a map to represent the position of a fault line.

(botany) An extension of vascular tissue from a plant's stem into a nearby leaf, resulting in a leaf gap in the plant's stele.

(programming) A hierarchical trace of the function calls made by a program, used in debugging.

(paleontology) A type of fossil reflecting the reworking of sediments and hard substrates by organisms, rather than the physical remains of the organism itself. This includes structures such as burrows, trails, impressions, coprolites and borings.

plural of trace fossil

(chemistry) A chemical element present in a sample in very small quantities.

A star fort.

Alternative form of without a trace

To keep or have a record of an item's location using track and trace.