Definitions for tractions

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tractions trac·tion

Spelling: [trak-shuh n]

IPA: /ˈtræk ʃən/

Tractions is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 657 anagrams from letters in tractions (acinorstt).

Definitions for tractions

noun

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 of tractions

1605-15; Medieval Latin tractiōn- (stem of tractiō) act of drawing, equivalent to tract(us), past participle of trahere to draw + -iōn- -ion

Examples for tractions

Its towing power in the water, and that of traction on dry land, is astonishing.

Its blocks and traction ropes are arranged as described above.

Hence three traction ropes are fastened at the top of the machine.

Taken out of context, the Virginia bill appears attractive, which is why such bills can get traction so quickly.

“We really got traction in the last week but we never lost sight of Bergdahl,” he said.

But perhaps the main reason Bevin never found any traction is because McConnell was prepared and waiting for him.

I had moved to L.A. and gotten a little bit of traction there, and I think my manager parlayed that into an audition.

The next step forward was to substitute for horses a traction engine.

What a critic feels has no traction at all—what matters is what the critic thinks in relation to what the writer intends.

The power of a traction sprayer is developed from the wheels.