All 27 Uses of
trace
in
Angels & Demons
- Not a trace.†
Chpt 21-22
- It had no metallic parts to trip metal detectors, no chemical signature for dogs to trace, no fuse to deactivate if the authorities located the canister.†
Chpt 25-26
- Even the smallest trace of nickel-cadmium would register as-†
Chpt 35-36
- Run the usual trace, and write it up.†
Chpt 39-40
- While we were trying to run a trace, I did some additional research on his claim.†
Chpt 39-40
- Did you trace the call?†
Chpt 39-40 *
- The IF signature suggests he's somewhere in Rome, but there's really no way to trace him.†
Chpt 39-40
- We've been trying to trace him for ten minutes, getting nothing but splayed ferreting.†
Chpt 39-40
- The camerlegno was talking again, a trace of anger in his voice.†
Chpt 43-44
- There's no way they'll trace it.†
Chpt 45-46
- Why couldn't the Swiss Guard trace that damn caller?†
Chpt 45-46
- Your librarians will find not a trace that I was there.†
Chpt 45-46
- The Illuminati's ellipse was prominent even today in modern Masonic tracing boards and footing inlays.†
Chpt 51-52
- Langdon's eyes traced the arch of the ceiling sloping outward to the columned walls and finally down to the polished marble floor beneath their feet.†
Chpt 61-62
- Accounts tracing the Illuminati back to Galileo, the Guerenets of France, the Alumbrados of Spain.†
Chpt 63-64
- As he directed the light, his eyes traced the outline of the wall downward.†
Chpt 65-66
- Forcing his eyes to trace the line slowly, he attempted the search again.†
Chpt 71-72
- Olivetti pointed to Piazza del Popolo and traced a straight line exactly southwest.†
Chpt 71-72
- Olivetti shrugged and traced the straight line again.†
Chpt 71-72
- The guard traced a line with his finger from St. Peter's Square across the Tiber River and up into the heart of old Rome.†
Chpt 79-80
- He traced his finger across the map.†
Chpt 79-80 *
- We would find traces of Heparin in his body from his daily injections.†
Chpt 81-82
- There was no trace of conceit in the camerlegno's voice, only gratitude.†
Chpt 83-84
- Langdon felt a trace of self-preservation grip his unconscious mind.†
Chpt 93-94
- Langdon traced a line from his current location west across the map.†
Chpt 99-100
- He knew the piazza contained a major church, but he had already traced his finger through that piazza and considered the church there.†
Chpt 99-100
- Nobody knows we're here, he thought, feeling a trace of uneasiness.†
Chpt 137
Definitions:
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(trace as in: found a trace of) a small quantity; or any indication or evidence ofThe exact meaning of this sense of trace depends upon its context. For example:
- a small indication that something was present -- as in "The plane disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean without leaving a trace."
- a very small amount of something -- as in "The blood test showed a trace of steroids."
- any evidence of something -- as in "We did not find a trace of the gene."
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(trace as in: trace the origin or development) to find, search, research, or keep track ofThis sense of trace usually has to do with information. It's specific meaning depends on its context. For example:
to find or search for something through investigation -- often the origin of something:
- "The police traced the call." -- found out where it originated
- "We are tracing the lost luggage" -- searching for
- "Can you trace the problem to its source?" -- find through investigation
- "She traced her family history to discover that her great-grandmother came to the United States from Lithuania when the Nazis occupied it." -- discovered something through investigation
to research or report on the development of something
- "She traced the history of the automobile in her paper." -- researched the development of something
- "Her presentation traced recent progress in alternative energy solutions." -- reported on
to monitor or keep track of the progress or development of something
- "She traces the progress of at-risk students." -- monitors information
- "I used binoculars to trace her progress up the mountain." -- monitor, follow, or track