For example, one can observe that, in the northern hemisphere, over the course of a day, the shadow of the stick will trace out a semi-circle as it moves clockwise.
en.wikipedia.org With hindsight, it may be possible to trace out accurately why events necessarily developed in the way that they did, and not otherwise.
en.wikipedia.org He attempts to trace out the logical steps by which the mind, starting with what is given, arrives at and justifies its belief in an external world.
en.wikipedia.org At a single point in space, the circularly polarized-vector will trace out a circle over one period of the wave frequency, hence the name.
en.wikipedia.org Because of a phenomenon known as the precession of the equinoxes, the poles trace out circles on the celestial sphere, with a period of about 25,700 years.
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