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/trˈækʃən ˈɛndʒən/ Listen

noun

Traction n.

The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

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.

Attraction; a drawing toward. (R.)

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.

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.

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Etymology of 'Traction engine'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Traction engine" Quotes from Famous Books

... been made to connect the leading wheels of a traction engine with the driving wheels, so as to make drivers of all of them, and thus increase the tractive power of the engine, and to afford greater facilities for getting along soft ground or out of holes. The wheels with continuous ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 303 - October 22, 1881 • Various

... points of defense, and it has only been within a few years that a solution of the trouble has been found. The solution lay in the use of tractors, or the tractor principle, which every person familiar with farming and the "traction engine" ...

— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller