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The reproduction of an image by using light to see the original image through the paper to be traced onto. Tracing paper can be purchased for the purpose that is so transparent the the original image can be seen easily even in relatively poorly lit rooms. Sometimes a light-box can be used to trace onto more opaque (although usually thin) papers. Before the electric light, artists achieved the same effect by placing the drawing and tracing paper against a window, allowing the sun to be the light source. This can still be done.
Tracing other peoples work and passing it off as your own is reprehensible, but an artist using tracing for the speedy transfer of their own work is being very logical.
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