traction
- the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- the action of drawing a body, vehicle, train, or the like, along a surface, as a road, track, railroad, or waterway.
- Medicine/Medical. the deliberate and prolonged pulling of a muscle, organ, or the like, as by weights, to correct dislocation, relieve pressure, etc.
- transportation by means of railroads.
- the act of drawing or pulling.
- the state of being drawn.
- attracting power or influence; attraction.
Origin of traction
Related Words for traction
suction, grip, purchase, stress, strain, pull, absorption, stretch, drag, adherence, adhesion, suck, contraction, drawing, constriction, draught, resorption, haulage, towageExamples from the Web for traction
Contemporary Examples of traction
“We really got traction in the last week but we never lost sight of Bergdahl,” he said.
Here are the Taliban Terrorists Obama Released to Free POW Bowe BergdahlEli Lake, Josh Rogin
May 31, 2014
But perhaps the main reason Bevin never found any traction is because McConnell was prepared and waiting for him.
Taken out of context, the Virginia bill appears attractive, which is why such bills can get traction so quickly.
I had moved to L.A. and gotten a little bit of traction there, and I think my manager parlayed that into an audition.
What a critic feels has no traction at all—what matters is what the critic thinks in relation to what the writer intends.
Historical Examples of traction
The next step forward was to substitute for horses a traction engine.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
Hence three traction ropes are fastened at the top of the machine.
Ten Books on ArchitectureVitruvius
Its blocks and traction ropes are arranged as described above.
Ten Books on ArchitectureVitruvius
The power of a traction sprayer is developed from the wheels.
Apple GrowingM. C. Burritt
Its towing power in the water, and that of traction on dry land, is astonishing.
The Western WorldW.H.G. Kingston
traction
- the act of drawing or pulling, esp by motive power
- the state of being drawn or pulled
- med the application of a steady pull on a part during healing of a fractured or dislocated bone, using a system of weights and pulleys or splints
- the adhesive friction between a wheel and a surface, as between a driving wheel of a motor vehicle and the road
Word Origin for traction
Word Origin and History for traction
early 15c., "a drawing or pulling" (originally the pulling of a dislocated limb to reposition it), from Medieval Latin tractionem (nominative tractio) "a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle" first appears 1825.
traction
(trăk′shən)- The act of drawing or pulling.
- A pulling force.
- A sustained pull applied mechanically, especially to the arm, leg, or neck, to correct fractured or dislocated bones, to overcome muscle spasms, or to relieve pressure.
traction
- Static friction, as of a wheel on a track or a tire on a road. See more at friction.
- A sustained pulling force applied mechanically to a part of the body by means of a weighted apparatus in order to correct the position of fractured or dislocated bones, especially of the arm, leg, or neck.