traceable
adjUS /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/
Etymology From trace + -able.
1
Capable of being traced; possible to track down.
- There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.
- 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.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
3 more examples
- The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
- 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.1978 February 11, Donald Cameron Scot, “Controversy and Boycott Must Continue”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 5:
- The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96:
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Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences Containing a Hamiltonian path.
- Antonyms
- nontraceable, untraceable
- Derived terms
- hypotraceable, traceability, traceableness, traceably