tracking
noun
[ ˈtrakɪŋ ]
• the maintenance of a constant difference in frequency between two or more connected circuits or components.
• the alignment of the wheels of a vehicle.
• "kerbing can put the tracking out pretty quickly"
• the streaming of school pupils.
track
verb
• follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course.
• "secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight"
Similar:
follow,
trail,
trace,
pursue,
shadow,
stalk,
dog,
spoor,
hunt (down),
chase,
hound,
course,
keep an eye on,
keep in sight,
tail,
keep tabs on,
keep a tab on,
• (of wheels) run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones.
• (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.
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘trail, marks left behind’): the noun from Old French trac, perhaps from Low German or Dutch trek ‘draught, drawing’; the verb (current senses dating from the mid 16th century) from French traquer or directly from the noun.
track
verb
• tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank.
• "he was going to track the canoe up the ice-hung rapids"
Origin:
early 18th century: apparently from Dutch trekken ‘to draw, pull, or travel’. The change in the vowel was due to association with track1.
