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trace
  ۱) مله؛ ۲) ملیدن   
1) malé; 2) malidan

Fr.: 1) trace; 2) suivre la trace   

1a) A surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige.
1b) A barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic, expression, etc.
1c) An extremely small amount of some chemical component (Dictionary.com).
1d) Math.: → trace of a matrix.
2a) To follow the footprints, track, or traces of.
2b) To follow, make out, or determine the course or line of, especially by going backward from the latest evidence, nearest existence, etc. (Dictionary.com).

M.E. tracen, from M.Fr. tracier, from V.L. *tractiare "delineate, score, trace," from L. tractus "track, course," literally "a drawing out," from p.p. stem of trahere "to pull, draw."

Gilaki mâle "mark, trace, fingerprint; scar," pâ mâle "footprint," gaz mâle "bite mark;" Aftari mâl "trace, mark," pae mâl "footprint," ponjé mâl "mark of hand with fingers;" Tabari mâl "mark, trace," ling mâl "footprint," probably related to mâlidan "to touch, rub; besmear;" Mid.Pers. mâlih- "to be touched;" (Gurâni) mâl, mâlâ- Xunsâri mâl-/mâlâ "to smear, stroke."

trace element
  بن‌پار ِ مله   
bonpâr-e malé

Fr.: élément trace, oligo-élément   

Any → chemical element that is found in extremely small amounts, especially one used by organisms and held essential to maintain proper physical functioning.

trace; → element.

trace of a matrix
  مله‌ی ِ ماتریس   
male-ye mâtris

Fr.: trace de matrice   

Of a → square matrix, the → sum of the entries in the → main diagonal, i.e.: tr(A) = a11 + a22 + ... + ann = Σ aii (i = 1 to n).

trace; → matrix.

tracer
  مله‌گر   
malegar

Fr.: traceur, marqueur   

A → substance, especially a → radioactive isotope, used in experiments so that its movements through a biological, chemical, or physical system can be → monitored in order to study the → system.

trace, → -or.