Trace

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trace

  1. In general, an unmeasurable (less than 0.01 in.) quantity of precipitation.

  2. An insignificantly small quantity.

  3. The record made by any self-registering instrument.

    Thus, one may speak of the barograph trace, the hygrothermograph trace, etc.


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