an individual song or segment of a recording: a title track.
d.
a discrete, separate recording that is combined with other parts of a musical recording to produce the final aural version: a special rhythm track added to the basic track.
15.
Automotive. the distance between the centers of the treads of either the front or rear wheels of a vehicle.
16.
Computers. a data-recording path on a storage medium, as a magnetic disk, tape, or drum, that is accessible to a read-write head in a given position as the medium moves past.
17.
tracks, Slang. needle marks on the arm, leg, or body of a drug user caused by habitual injections.
18.
sound track.
19.
a metal strip or rail along which something, as lighting or a curtain, can be mounted or moved.
20.
Education. a study program or level of curriculum to which a student is assigned on the basis of aptitude or need; academic course or path.
–verb (used with object)
21.
to follow or pursue the track, traces, or footprints of.
22.
to follow (a track, course, etc.).
23.
to make one's way through; traverse.
24.
to leave footprints on (often fol. by up or on): to track the floor with muddy shoes.
25.
to make a trail of footprints with (dirt, snow, or the like): The dog tracked mud all over the living room rug.
26.
to observe or monitor the course or path of (an aircraft, rocket, satellite, star, etc.), as by radar or radio signals.
27.
to observe or follow the course of progress of; keep track of.
28.
to furnish with a track or tracks, as for railroad trains.
29.
Railroads. to have (a certain distance) between wheels, runners, rails, etc.
–verb (used without object)
30.
to follow or pursue a track or trail.
31.
to run in the same track, as the wheels of a vehicle.
32.
to be in alignment, as one gearwheel with another.
33.
to have a specified span between wheels or runners: The car's wheels track about five feet.
Recording. to follow the undulations in the grooves of a phonograph record.
—Verb phrase
36.
track down, to pursue until caught or captured; follow: to track down a killer.
—Idioms
37.
in one's tracks, Informal. in the spot in which one is or is standing at the moment: He stopped dead in his tracks, listening for the sound to be repeated.
38.
keep track, to be aware; keep informed: Have you been keeping track of the time?
39.
lose track, to fail to keep informed; neglect to keep a record: He soon lost track of how much money he had spent.
40.
make tracks, Informal. to go or depart in a hurry: to make tracks for the store before closing time.
41.
off the track, departing from the objective or the subject at hand; astray: He can't tell a story without getting off the track.
42.
on the track of, in search or pursuit of; close upon: They are on the track of a solution to the problem.
43.
on the wrong or right side of the tracks, from a poor or wealthy part of a community or of society: born on the wrong side of the tracks.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME trak (n.) < MF trac, perh. < ON trathk trodden spot; cf. Norw trakke to trample; akin to tread]
A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.
A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains.
A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle.
An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track.
A course laid out for running or racing.
Athletic competition on such a course; track events.
Track and field.
A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.
A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.
One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar.
A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle.
An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track.
A course laid out for running or racing.
Athletic competition on such a course; track events.
Track and field.
A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.
A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.
One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
A succession of ideas; a train of thought.
Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time.
Sports
A course laid out for running or racing.
Athletic competition on such a course; track events.
Track and field.
A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.
A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.
One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.
tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class: grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.
Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground.
A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.
Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks.
A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.
A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.
One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
Computer Science One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk.
tracksSlang Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use.
v.
tracked, track·ing, tracks
v.
tr.
To follow the tracks of; trail: tracking game through the forest.
To move over or along; traverse.
To carry on the shoes and deposit: tracked mud on the rug.
To observe or monitor the course of (aircraft, for example), as by radar.
To observe the progress of; follow: tracking the company's performance daily.
To equip with a track.
To assign (a student) to a curricular track.
v.
intr.
To move along a track.
To follow a course; travel.
To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels.
To be in alignment.
To follow the undulations in the groove of a phonograph record. Used of a needle.
To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape.
Phrasal Verb(s): track down
To pursue until found or captured: "When, like a running grave, time tracks you down"(Dylan Thomas).
Idiom(s):
in (one's) tracks
Exactly where one is standing: stopped him right in his tracks.
[Middle English trak, from Old French trac, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
1470, "footprint, mark left by anything," from O.Fr. trac "track of horses, trace" (1440), possibly from a Gmc. source (cf. M.L.G. treck, Du. trek "drawing, pulling;" see trek). Meaning "lines of rails for drawing trains" is from 1805. Meaning "branch of athletics involving a running track" is recorded from 1905. Meaning "single recorded item" is from 1904, originally in ref. to phonograph records. Meaning "mark on skin from repeated drug injection" is first attested 1964. The verb meaning "to follow or trace the footsteps of" is recorded 1565, from the noun. Track record (1965) is a figurative use from horse racing. To make tracks "move quickly" is Amer.Eng. colloquial first recorded 1835; to cover (one's) tracks in the fig. sense first attested 1898; to keep track of something is attested from 1883. The metaphor in Amer.Eng. wrong side of the tracks "bad part of town" has been traced back to 1929. Track lighting attested from 1972.
a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: path]
2.
evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [syn: lead]
3.
a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
4.
a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack]
5.
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" [syn: cut]
6.
an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
7.
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
8.
a groove on a phonograph recording
9.
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
10.
any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
11.
the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
verb
1.
carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
2.
observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"
3.
go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase]
4.
travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: traverse]
trackstorage The part of a disk which passes under one read/write head while the head is stationary. The number of tracks on a disk surface therefore corresponds to the number of different radial positions of the head(s). The collection of all tracks on all surfaces at a given radial position is known a cylinder and each track is divided into sectors. (1997-07-15)
Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. Gauge of a carriage, car, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the track. Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge. Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight. Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. Sliding gauge. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5. Star gauge (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. Water gauge. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler. Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire.
Trek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trekked; p. pr. & vb. n. Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See Track, n.] [South Africa]1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen. 2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa] One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. --James Bryce.
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