Traction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of drawing or pulling, especially the drawing of a vehicle or load over a surface by motor power.
  • n. The condition of being drawn or pulled.
  • n. Pulling power, as of a draft animal or engine.
  • n. Adhesive friction, as of a wheel on a track or a tire on a road.
  • n. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
  • n. the condition of being so pulled
  • n. Grip
  • n. the pulling power of an engine or animal
  • n. the adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
  • n. a mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
  • n. the extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved
  • n. popular support
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Attraction; a drawing toward.
  • n. The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In recent use, traffic by means of railroads; railroads, and especially streetrailroads, collectively; the interests and rights represented by such railroads.
  • n. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; specifically, in physiology, contraction, as of a muscle.
  • n. The act of drawing a body along a surface, as over water or on a railway.
  • n. Attraction; attractive power or influence.
  • n. The adhesive friction of a body or object, as of a wheel on a rail or a rope on a pulley.
  • n. An action the negative of pressure.
  • n. In physiology, the axis or direction of the tractive action of a muscle; the line in which a muscle contracts.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
  • n. (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    friction    rubbing    pull    pulling   
    Form
    traction engine    tractive    subtraction   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    attraction    drawing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstraction    action    attraction    contraction    diffraction   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Laredo    torque    propulsion    starter    steer   
     
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