RETRACE

retrace

Noun

  1. The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.

Verb

  1. To trace again; to go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.
    He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.


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