- tracing paper
- noun Date: 1824 a semitransparent paper for tracing drawings; also a thin paper containing a clothing pattern to be transferred to fabric (as through carbon paper) by tracing
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Tracing paper — is a type of translucent paper. It is made by immersing unsized and unloaded paper of good quality in sulfuric acid for a few seconds. The acid converts some of the cellulose into amyloid form having a gelatinous and impermeable character. When… … Wikipedia
Tracing paper — Tracing Tra cing, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A regular path or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tracing paper — tracing .paper n [U] strong transparent paper used for ↑tracing … Dictionary of contemporary English
tracing paper — tracing ,paper noun uncount transparent paper through which you TRACE an image … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tracing paper — noun a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings • Hypernyms: ↑paper * * * noun, pl ⋯ pers [count, noncount] : a very thin kind of paper that you can see through and use to trace a design, picture, etc. * * * ˈtracing paper [tracing … Useful english dictionary
tracing paper — N UNCOUNT Tracing paper is transparent paper which you put over a picture so that you can draw over its lines in order to produce a copy of it … English dictionary
tracing and tracing paper — Making a drawing by referring to an image visible underneath it. Tracing paper is made translucent for this purpose. While artists sometimes use tracing simply as a means of copying another image, and often their own image, they use it best to … Glossary of Art Terms
tracing paper — noun transparent paper used for tracing maps, drawings, or designs … English new terms dictionary
tracing paper — noun (U) strong transparent paper used for tracing trace 1 (4) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tracing paper — /ˈtreɪsɪŋ peɪpə/ (say traysing paypuh) noun a translucent paper used in tracing …
