tracking
    n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
         marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]

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.
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         It was often found impossible to track the robbers to
         their retreats among the hills and morasses.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a
      line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to
      tow.
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tracking

    The horizontal spacing between characters in a line of
   text.  Tracking is set when a font is designed but can often
   be altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for
   special effects.  It applies to both proportional fonts and
   monospaced fonts.

   Tracking should not be confused with kerning which deals with
   the spacing between certain pairs of characters in a proportional
   font.

   See also leading.

   (2013-12-05)