traceable
Use Traceable in a sentence
sə adjective
1.
capable of being traced.
2.
attributable or ascribable (usually followed by to ): a victory traceable to good coaching.
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trace1 (treɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mark or other sign that something has been in a place; vestige |
| 2. | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount or characteristic |
| 3. | a footprint or other indication of the passage of an animal or person |
| 4. | any line drawn by a recording instrument or a record consisting of a number of such lines |
| 5. | something drawn, such as a tracing |
| 6. | chiefly (US) a beaten track or path |
| 7. | memory trace See also engram the postulated alteration in the cells of the nervous system that occurs as the result of any experience or learning |
| 8. | geometry the intersection of a surface with a coordinate plane |
| 9. | maths the sum of the diagonal entries of a square matrix |
| 10. | linguistics a symbol inserted in the constituent structure of a sentence to mark the position from which a constituent has been moved in a generative process |
| 11. | meteorol an amount of precipitation that is too small to be measured |
| 12. | archaic a way taken; route |
| —vb (often foll by out) | |
| 13. | (tr) to follow, discover, or ascertain the course or development of (something): to trace the history of China |
| 14. | (tr) to track down and find, as by following a trail |
| 15. | to copy (a design, map, etc) by drawing over the lines visible through a superimposed sheet of transparent paper or other material |
| 16. | a. to draw or delineate a plan or diagram of: she spent hours tracing the models one at a time |
| b. to outline or sketch (an idea, policy, etc): he traced out his scheme for the robbery | |
| 17. | (tr) to decorate with tracery |
| 18. | (tr) to imprint (a design) on cloth, etc |
| 19. | ( |
| 20. | archaic to make one's way over, through, or along (something) |
| [C13: from French tracier, from Vulgar Latin tractiāre (unattested) to drag, from Latin tractus, from trahere to drag] | |
| 'traceable1 | |
| —adj | |
| tracea'bility1 | |
| —n | |
| 'traceableness1 | |
| —n | |
| 'traceably1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'traceless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'tracelessly1 | |
| —adv | |
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Traceable
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
So the rising prices of beef, pork, and mutton are directly traceable to the decline of our rural population.
All of my other traceable family lines seem to be normal peaceful law abiding and successful people.
Some kinds of energy uses are traceable and others naturally not.
The wages paid to workers do get spent and not always in a way traceable to the stimulus.
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