TRACKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tracked mean? 

• TRACKED (adjective)
  The adjective TRACKED has 1 sense:

1. having tracks

  Familiarity information: TRACKED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRACKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having tracks

Context example:

tracked vehicles

Similar:

caterpillar-tracked (having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels)

half-track; half-tracked (having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front)

Antonym:

trackless (having no tracks)

 Context examples 

Cassini tracked the system of clouds developing and dissipating over the large methane sea known as Ligeia Mare for more than two days.

(Cassini tracks clouds developing over a Titan sea, NASA)

The health of the children was then tracked for five years, the age at which symptoms of asthma, such as wheezing, often first appear.

(Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Asthma Risk in Children by One-Third, VOA)

The studies tracked the participants for several years.

(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For decades, astronomers have tracked black holes with masses millions of times that of the sun, as well as those with tens of solar masses.

(Elusive Middleweight Black Hole Found at Center of Giant Star Cluster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Although many of the particles were ejected clear of Bennu, the team tracked some particles that orbited Bennu as satellites before returning to the asteroid’s surface.

(NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises, NASA)

Among the most frequently tracked markers are transglutaminase, cystatin and involucrin.

(Keratinocyte Differentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

They then tracked the infection and disease development over three months.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

I tracked him over from New York, and I’ve been close to him for a week in London, waiting some excuse to get my hand on his collar.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the first study of its kind, Austrian researchers have tracked the movement of microplastics into human beings.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

He laid it between us on the table; and, with his chin resting on one hand, tracked his course upon it with the other.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)