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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Traction \Trac"tion\, noun [L. trahere, tractum, to draw: cf. F. traction.]
1. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
2. 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.
3. Attraction; a drawing toward. [R.]
4. The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like; as, the car is stuck in the snow because it can;t get any traction. --Knight. [1913 Webster +PJC]
{Angle of traction} (Mech.), the angle made with a given plane by the line of direction in which a tractive force acts.
{Traction engine}, a locomotive for drawing vehicles on highways or in the fields.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) [syn: {grip}, {traction}, {adhesive friction}]
2: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"
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