tracking

tracking

English

Noun

tracking (plural trackings)

1. The act by which something is tracked.
   • 1963, Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art

     In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention […]

2. (typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

Derived terms

• bug-tracking
• issue-tracking

Related terms

• kerning

Translations

consistent adjustment of space between individual letters

Finnish: kirjainvälistys

Hungarian: betűritkítás

Verb

tracking

1. present participle of track

Further reading

• tracking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Letter-spacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia