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/trˈeɪsɪŋ pˈeɪpər/ Listen

noun

Tracing n.

The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.

A regular path or track; a course.

Tracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.

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Etymology of 'Tracing paper'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Tracing paper is recommended instead of linen, which latter, on account of its thickness and granulation, gives less satisfactory results in regard to the transparency of the ground and the ...

— Photographic Reproduction Processes • P.C. Duchochois