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trac⋅tion

  [trak-shuhn]
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1. the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
2. the action of drawing a body, vehicle, train, or the like, along a surface, as a road, track, railroad, or waterway.
3. Medicine/Medical. the deliberate and prolonged pulling of a muscle, organ, or the like, as by weights, to correct dislocation, relieve pressure, etc.
4. transportation by means of railroads.
5. the act of drawing or pulling.
6. the state of being drawn.
7. attracting power or influence; attraction.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML tractiōn- (s. of tractiō) act of drawing, equiv. to tract(us), ptp. of trahere to draw + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
trac⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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trac·tion   (trāk'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of drawing or pulling, especially the drawing of a vehicle or load over a surface by motor power.
    2. The condition of being drawn or pulled.
  2. Pulling power, as of a draft animal or engine.
  3. Adhesive friction, as of a wheel on a track or a tire on a road.
  4. Medicine A sustained pull applied mechanically especially to the arm, leg, or neck so as to correct fractured or dislocated bones, overcome muscle spasms, or relieve pressure.

[Medieval Latin tractiō, tractiōn-, from Latin tractus, past participle of trahere, to pull, draw.]
trac'tion·al adj.
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Traction

Trac"tion\, n. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw: cf. F. traction.]

1. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

2. Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.

3. Attraction; a drawing toward. [R.]

4. The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like. --Knight.

Angle of traction (Mech.), the angle made with a given plane by the line of direction in which a tractive force acts.

Traction engine, a locomotive for drawing vehicles on highways or in the fields.
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Language Translation for : traction
Spanish: tirón; calada, chupada (tabaco); sorbo (bebida),
German: der Zug,
Japanese: 引くこと
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traction 
1615, "a drawing or pulling," from M.L. tractionem (nom. tractio) "a drawing" (c.1250), noun of action from stem of L. trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle" first appears 1825.
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Main Entry: trac·tion
Pronunciation: 'trak-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the pulling of or tension established in one body part by another
2 : a pulling force exerted on a skeletal structure (as in a fracture) by means of a special device or apparatus traction splint>; also : a state oftension created by such a pulling force traction>
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traction trac·tion (trāk'shən)
n.

  1. The act of drawing or pulling.
  2. A pulling force.
  3. A sustained pull applied mechanically, especially to the arm, leg, or neck, to correct fractured or dislocated bones, to overcome muscle spasms, or to relieve pressure.

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traction   (trāk'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Static friction, as of a wheel on a track or a tire on a road. See more at friction.
  2. A sustained pulling force applied mechanically to a part of the body by means of a weighted apparatus in order to correct the position of fractured or dislocated bones, especially of the arm, leg, or neck.

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