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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Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Card :: Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair..
Attract :: Attract (n.) Attraction.
Ne''er :: Ne'er (adv.) a contraction of Never.
Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
Myodynamics :: Myodynamics (n.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.
Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..
''t Was :: 'T was () A contraction of it was.
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
Wildness :: Wildness (n.) The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting..
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction..
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
Superable :: Super (n.) A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2..
Gravic :: Gravic (a.) Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction..
Zoilism :: Zoilism (n.) Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.
Belle :: Belle (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady..
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