Trace
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Trace may refer to:
- Mathematics, computing and electronics
- Trace (linear algebra) of a square matrix or a linear transformation
- Trace class, a certain set of operators in a Hilbert space
- Trace operator, a restriction-to-boundary operator in a Sobolev space
- Field trace in field theory
- Traces, the equivalence classes of strings of a trace monoid, studied in trace theories of concurrent computation
- Trace, in computer science a record of the steps a program has executed (such as a stack trace)
- Signal trace, a printed or etched wire on a printed circuit board
- The curves of intersection of a surface with a plane. (Also called cross-sections of the surface in James Stewart's Calculus 4e, Section 13.6).
- Language
- Trace (semiology), the history carried by a sign
- Trace (linguistics), a syntactic placeholder resulting from a transformation
- TRACE (psycholinguistics), a psycholinguistic model of speech perception
- Trace (Deconstruction), a concept in Derridian Deconstruction
- Physical sciences
- Trace radioisotope, an element that is found in small quantities because it undergoes radioactive decay
- Trace evidence, material found at a crime scene
- Trace element, in geochemistry, an element which composes less than 0.1% of a sample
- TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer), a NASA satellite
- Trace fossil, fossil record of biological activity
- Other
- Trace (album), a 1995 album by alt-country band Son Volt
- Trace Adkins, an American country music singer
- Tracing (law), to assert a proprietary remedy against a third party asset
- Trace (tack), one of two or more straps, ropes, or chains by which a vehicle is drawn by a harnessed draught animal
- TrAce Online Writing Centre, a community for writers working online
- Trace (novel), by Patricia Cornwell
- Trace, another name for Portgas D. Ace, a fictional character in the manga One Piece
- Trace, a fictional character in the game Metroid Prime Hunters
- Trace (band), a Dutch progressive rock band
- Trace (artist), a UK drum and bass artist
- Trace (magazine), British hip-hop magazine
- Trace (television), France music television channel.
- Neurosciences and behavior sciences
- Trace, a type of eyeblink conditioning