track
v.
follow a path; follow movements; travel across, get across; chase after
n.
lane, path; signs, trails; mark or lines left by a car or person or animal; railroad; channel; prepared course for racing or running; selection of music from a recording, section of a compact disc or cassette tape that contains one song or one piece of music; diagonal distance between the wheels of a car; groove of a wheel; caterpillar tread
Track
Track may refer to:
Animal tracks, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walk across
Track cycling, a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks
Athletics (track and field), a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping; also known as "track and field", "track and field athletics", or just "track" in the US
Caterpillar track, a belt providing motive traction for a tank or bulldozer
Race track, purpose-built facility for the conducting of races
Rail tracks, used on railways, which, together with railroad switches, guide trains without the need for steering
Soundtrack, the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game
Navigational track, the path a vessel or aircraft plots over ground
Track (CD), consecutive set of sectors on the disc containing a block of data
Track Records, a record label founded in 1966 in London, England
Track+, project-management and bug tracking tool
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track
Noun
1. a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
(synonym) path, course
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) collision course
(derivation) traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
2. evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
(synonym) lead, trail
(hypernym) evidence, grounds
(derivation) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after
3. a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) railroad track, railroad, railway
4. a course over which races are run
(synonym) racetrack, racecourse, raceway
(hypernym) course
(hyponym) cinder track
(part-meronym) stretch
5. a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
(synonym) cut
(hypernym) excerpt, extract, selection
6. an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
(synonym) caterpillar track, caterpillar tread
(hypernym) belt
(hyponym) half track
(part-holonym) tracked vehicle
7. (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
(synonym) data track
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(classification) computer science, computing
8. a groove on a phonograph recording
(hypernym) groove, channel
9. a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
(synonym) rail, rails
(hypernym) bar
(hyponym) third rail
(part-holonym) railroad track, railroad, railway
10. any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
(synonym) cart track, cartroad
(hypernym) road, route
(hyponym) portage
11. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
(synonym) running
(hypernym) track and field
(part-holonym) track meet
Verb
1. carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
(hypernym) bring in, introduce
(derivation) path, course
2. observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"
(hypernym) observe
(derivation) path, course
3. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
(synonym) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after
(hypernym) pursue, follow
(hyponym) quest
(derivation) lead, trail
4. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
(synonym) traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(hyponym) tramp
(derivation) path, course
5. make tracks upon
(hypernym) make, create
track
<
storage> The part of a
disk which passes under one read/write head while the head is stationary. The number of tracks on a disk surface therefore corresponds to the number of different radial positions of the head(s). The collection of all tracks on all surfaces at a given radial position is known a
cylinder and each track is divided into
sectors.
(1997-07-15)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
Track
What the train travels on.