/tray"sing/ , n.
1. the act of a person or thing that traces.
2. something that is produced by tracing.
3. a copy of a drawing, map, plan, etc., made by tracing on a transparent sheet placed over the original.
4. the record made by a self-registering instrument.
[ 1350-1400; ME; see TRACE 1 , -ING 1 ]