tracking

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a
      line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to
      tow.
      [1913 Webster]
    

tracking

   <text> The spacing between {characters} in a line of {text}.
   This is defined when a {font} is designed but can often be
   altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for
   special effects.

   Tracking should not be confused with {kerning} which deals
   with the spacing between certain pairs of characters.

   See also {leading}.

   (1996-06-07)
    

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "tracking":
      automatic tracking, chase, data transmission, dogging,
      flector tuning, follow, follow-up, following, hue and cry, hunting,
      locking on, locking signals, mapping, phase adjustment,
      pinpointing, precision focusing, prosecution, pursuance, pursuing,
      pursuit, quest, radar navigation, radar-telephone relay,
      range finding, scan conversion, scanning, searching, seeking,
      shadowing, signal modulation, stalking, three-pointing,
      tracking down, trailing, triangulation, triggering signals