Definition of traction

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Traction (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..

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Myosis :: Myosis (n.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.
Tetanic :: Tetanic (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n..
Crystallize :: Crystallize (v. i.) To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction..
Substraction :: Substraction (n.) Subtraction; deduction.
Belle :: Belle (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady..
Detraction :: Detraction (n.) A taking away or withdrawing.
Subtraction :: Subtraction (n.) The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..
I''d :: I'd () A contraction from I would or I had.
Ammeter :: Ammeter (n.) A contraction of amperometer or amperemeter.
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold..
Ma''am :: Ma'am (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation..
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) A marriage contract.
Vaginismus :: Vaginismus (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible..
Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..
Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.
Arctation :: Arctation (n.) Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
Anhydride :: Anhydride (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water..
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