traction
noun
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
tractions
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pluralof traction.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When he died in 1915 he left a fortune of over $30,000,000 largely made out of banking, sugar, rubber, public utilities, tractions.
From Time Magazine Archive
She often worked in the front seat of theii Chevrolet, parked away from the dis tractions of home.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to Patagonia products, the store will stock DaKine tractions pads and leashes, Ocean Minded sandals, Nixon watches, Smith sunglasses, and a large selection of surfboard fins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The resultant of these tangential tractions must be a force equal to W, and directed vertically; 150 but the direction of the traction at a point of the cross-section need not in general be vertical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Equations of Equilibrium in Terms of the Stresses.—A rectangular element dx, dy, dz, of the body is held in equilibrium by the body force, and the tractions on its faces arising from the stress.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
