traceable
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl/
Adjective
traceable (comparative more traceable, superlative most traceable)
- Capable of being traced; possible to track down.
- There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.
- 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)[1]:
- Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women.
- 1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
- The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.
- 1978 February 11, Donald Cameron Scot, “Controversy and Boycott Must Continue”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 5:
- For those who do not have the money, as well as for those who are reluctant to commit any potentially traceable act of positive support, the boycott serves our purpose well.
- 1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96:
- The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.
- (graph theory, not comparable) Containing a Hamiltonian path.
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Translations
capable of being traced; possible to track down
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