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1Trace evidence — contends that every contact, no matter how slight, will leave a trace. The trace is normally caused by objects or substances contacting one another, and leaving a minute sample on the contact surfaces. Material is often transferred by heat… …
2Trace fossil classification — Trace fossils are classified in various ways for different purposes. Traces can be classified taxonomically (by morphology), ethologically (by behavior), and toponomically, that is, according to their relationship to the surrounding sedimentary… …
3Trace (deconstruction) — Trace is one of the most important concepts in Derridian Deconstruction. In the 1960s, Derrida used this word in two of his early books, namely “Writing and Difference” and “Of Grammatology”. The English word “trace” was first used by Gayatri… …
4Trace scheduling — is an optimization technique used in compilers for computer programs.A compiler often can, by rearranging its generated machine instructions for faster execution, improve program performance. Trace scheduling is one of many known techniques for… …
5Form criticism — is a method of biblical criticism that classifies units of scripture by literary pattern (such as parables or legends) and that attempts to trace each type to its period of oral transmission. [ form criticism. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007.… …
6form — [n1] shape; arrangement anatomy, appearance, articulation, cast, configuration, conformation, construction, contour, cut, design, die, embodiment, fashion, figure, formation, framework, mode, model, mold, outline, pattern, plan, profile, scheme,… …
7trace — trace1 [trās] n. [ME < OFr < tracier < VL * tractiare < L tractus, a drawing along, track < pp. of trahere, to DRAW] 1. Obs. a way followed or path taken 2. a mark, footprint, etc. left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing… …
8form criticism — form critical /fawrm krit i keuhl/, adj. a method of textual analysis, applied especially to the Bible, in which the origin and history of certain passages are traced by isolating their literary forms, as miracle story, saying, or apothegm, on… …
9Trace (linear algebra) — In linear algebra, the trace of an n by n square matrix A is defined to be the sum of the elements on the main diagonal (the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right) of A, i.e., where aii represents the entry on the ith row and ith column …
10Trace fossil — Chirotherium footprints in a Triassic sandstone …
