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   Track

   /trak/

   

   noun

   • 1. a rough path or minor road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed: "follow the track to the farm" Similar pathpathwayfootpathlanetrailroutewaycourse
   • ▪ a prepared course or circuit for athletes, horses, motor vehicles, bicycles, or dogs to race on: "a Formula One Grand Prix track" Similar courseracecourserunning trackracetrackspeedwayvelodromepistecircuit
   • ▪ the sport of running on a track.
   • 2. a mark or line of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle in passing: "he followed the tracks made by the cars in the snow" Similar tracesmarksimpressionsprintsimprintsfootprintsfootmarksfootstepstrailspoorscentwakeslipstream
   • ▪ the course or route followed by someone or something (used especially in talking about their pursuit by others): "I didn't want the Russians on my track" Similar coursepathlineorbitroutewaytrajectoryflight path
   • ▪ a course of action; a way of proceeding: "defense budgeting and procurement do not move along different tracks from defense policy as a whole"
   • 3. a continuous line of rails on a railroad: "commuters had to leave trains to walk along the tracks" Similar raillinerailroad linerailroadtramlinesmetal
   • ▪ a metal or plastic strip or rail from which a curtain or spotlight may be hung or fitted.
   • ▪ a strip on the mast, boom, or deck of a yacht along which a slide attached to a sail can be moved, used to adjust the position of the sail.
   • 4. a recording of one song or piece of music: "the CD contains early Elvis Presley tracks" Similar songrecordingnumberpiece
   • ▪ a lengthwise strip of magnetic tape containing one sequence of signals.
   • ▪ the soundtrack of a film or video.
   • 5. a continuous articulated metal band around the wheels of a heavy vehicle such as a tank or bulldozer, intended to facilitate movement over rough or soft ground.
   • ▪ a continuous line of copper or other conductive material on a printed circuit board, used to connect parts of a circuit: "extremely thin tracks are not able to withstand much heat when soldering"
   • 6. the transverse distance between a vehicle's wheels.
   • 7. a group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught. US

   verb

   • 1. follow the course or trail of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their location at various points: "secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight"
   • ▪ follow and note the course or progress of: "they are tracking the girth and evolution of stars"
   • ▪ follow a particular course: "the storm was tracking across the ground at 30 mph"
   • ▪ (of a stylus) follow (a groove in a record): "the pickup's stylus must faithfully track undulations"
   • ▪ (of a film or television camera) move in relation to the subject being filmed: "the camera eventually tracked away"
   • 2. (of wheels) run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones.
   • 3. (of a tunable circuit or component) vary in frequency in the same way as another circuit or component, so that the frequency difference between them remains constant.
   • 4. assign (a student) to a course of study according to ability. US

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘trail, marks left behind’): the noun from Old French trac, perhaps from Low German or Dutch trek ‘draft, drawing’; the verb (current senses dating from the mid 16th century) from French traquer or directly from the noun.

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