From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Track \Track\, verb (used with an object) [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: {trailing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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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