Traction - English meaning

Traction – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The action of drawing or pulling something over a surface, especially a road or track.
Usage examples:
A primitive vehicle used in animal traction
noun
The grip of a tyre on a road or a wheel on a rail.
Usage examples:
His car hit a patch of ice and lost traction
Synonims:
Grip Friction Adhesion Purchase Resistance Pull Haulage Propulsion Drag
noun
The extent to which an idea, product, etc. gains popularity or acceptance.
Usage examples:
Analysts predicted that the technology would rapidly gain traction in the corporate mobile market
noun
The application of a sustained pull on a limb or muscle, especially in order to maintain the position of a fractured bone or to correct a deformity.
Usage examples:
His leg is in traction

noun
The ability of a wheel or tire to hold the ground without sliding
Usage examples:
I reduce the air pressure in all four tires during winter for better traction on slick, icy roads.,…

Traction translation into English

Traction: translate from English into Chinese

牵引力, 拖

Traction: translate from English into Dutch

Tractie, Voortrekking

Traction: translate from English into French

Traction, Extension

Traction: translate from English into German

Traktion, Zugkraft, Bodenhaftung, Zugleistung, Streckverband, Ziehkraft

Traction: translate from English into Hindi

संकर्षण, कर्षण, झोंका

Traction: translate from English into Italian

Trazione

Traction: translate from English into Korean

견인, 견인력, 정지 마찰, 수축, 끄는 힘

Traction: translate from English into Russian

Тяга, Тракция, Сила сцепления, Городской транспорт, Волочение

Traction: translate from English into Spanish

Tracción

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting contraction, such as that of a muscle): from French, or from medieval Latin tractio(n- ), from Latin trahere ‘draw, pull’. Current senses date from the early 19t

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Traction synonims

adhesion

noun
The action or process of adhering to a surface or object.
Usage examples:
The adhesion of the gum strip to the paper

Adhesion - all meanings in English

drag

verb
Pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.
Usage examples:
We dragged the boat up the beach

noun
The action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty.
Usage examples:
The drag of the current

verb
Pull, as against a resistance

Drag - all meanings in English

friction

noun
The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
Usage examples:
A lubrication system which reduces friction

noun
The force that works against an object as it slides along the surface of another object or moves through a liquid or gas
Usage examples:
A gasoline engine loses over 70 percent of its energy to friction and heat., there’s less friction …

Friction - all meanings in English

grip

verb
Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.
Usage examples:
His knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel

noun
A firm hold; a tight grasp.
Usage examples:
His arm was held in a vice-like grip

verb
Hold fast or firmly

Grip - all meanings in English

haulage

noun
The commercial transport of goods.
Usage examples:
Road haulage

noun
The business of transporting goods by road or railway
Usage examples:
There is room this year - as in the past - for more traditional industries, such as engineering and…

Haulage - all meanings in English

propulsion

noun
The action of driving or pushing forwards.
Usage examples:
They dive and use their wings for propulsion under water

Propulsion - all meanings in English

pull

verb
Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.
Usage examples:
He pulled them down on to the couch

noun
An act of pulling something.
Usage examples:
Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb
Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

Pull - all meanings in English

purchase

verb
Acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.
Usage examples:
Mr gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for £1,500

noun
The action of buying something.
Usage examples:
The large number of videos currently available for purchase

noun
Acquire by means of a financial transaction

Purchase - all meanings in English

resistance

noun
The refusal to accept or comply with something.
Usage examples:
They displayed a narrow-minded resistance to change

noun
Resistance is the degree to which a substance prevents the flow of electricity through it
Usage examples:
Copper has low resistance.

noun
A situation in which people or organizations fight against something or refuse to accept or be changed by something
Usage examples:
Resistance to sth the government faces resistance to the bill., there should be no resistance to th…

Resistance - all meanings in English

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