tracking

追跡

人や物の移動先を調べたり、時間とともに起こる変化を記録したりすること。

やさしい英語で： Following where someone or something goes, or recording how it changes over time.

• The parcel has online tracking.
• Satellite tracking showed where the ship had gone.
• Our app allows tracking of your daily spending.

使い方： tracking of someone/something (The tracking of wild birds helps researchers understand their journeys.)

類義語： monitoring

よく使う表現： tracking system, tracking of something, satellite tracking

字間調整

文章全体の文字と文字の間隔を調整すること。

やさしい英語で： The adjustment of spaces between all the letters in a piece of text.

• Increase the tracking in this heading.
• The designer adjusted the tracking to improve readability.
• Too much tracking makes the words look disconnected.

類義語： letter spacing

よく使う表現： adjust tracking, increase tracking, tight tracking

能力別編成

生徒を、推定される能力に応じて授業のグループに分けること。

やさしい英語で： Separating students into teaching groups according to how able they are thought to be.

• The school uses tracking for mathematics.
• Some parents oppose tracking in primary schools.
• Tracking placed her in a class with stronger readers.

類義語： ability grouping, streaming

よく使う表現： ability tracking, academic tracking, tracking in schools

同期

複数の信号のタイミングや変化を合わせて保つこと。

やさしい英語で： Keeping two or more signals matched in time or in how they change.

• The circuit maintains tracking between the signals.
• Poor tracking caused the two outputs to drift apart.
• Engineers measured tracking while the signal frequency changed.

類義語： synchronization

よく使う表現： signal tracking, phase tracking, accurate tracking