'tracking' definitions:
Definition of 'tracking'
From: WordNet
noun
The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]
Definition of 'tracking'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tracking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'tracking'
- Track,
- track down,
- tracked,
- Bridle track,
- Caterpillar track,
- Inside track,
- Race track,
- Track scale,
- cart track,
- cinder track,
- data track,
- dirt track,
- fast track,
- half track,
- keep track,
- laugh track,
- lose track,
- off the beaten track,
- railroad track,
- sound track,
- spur track,
- streetcar track,
- track and field,
- track event,
- track meet,
- track record,
- track star,
- tracked vehicle,
- tracking station,
- track-to-track seek time,
- To take the back track,
- Track-road,
- caterpillar-tracked,
- half-track,
- half-tracked,
- cart-track plant