traction

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• Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæk.ʃən/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈtɹak.ʃən/
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˈtɾak.ʃən/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈtɹɛk.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -ækʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AE1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of verb trahere (“pull”), + noun of action suffix -io (genitive -ionis).

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: теглене (teglene) — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Bulgarian: влачене (vlačene) — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Catalan: tracció — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Dutch: aandrijving — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Finnish: veto — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Galician: tracción — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Indonesian: traksi — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Italian: trazione — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Macedonian: влеча (vleča) — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Macedonian: влечење (vlečenje) — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Portuguese: tração — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Spanish: tracción — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Ottoman Turkish: چكیش (çekiş) — act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Dutch: aandrijving — condition of being so pulled
• Bulgarian: тяга (tjaga) — pulling power of an engine or animal
• Dutch: trekkracht — pulling power of an engine or animal
• Finnish: vetovoima — pulling power of an engine or animal
• Indonesian: traksi — pulling power of an engine or animal
• Macedonian: влеча (vleča) — pulling power of an engine or animal
• Macedonian: влечна сила (vlečna sila) — pulling power of an engine or animal
• Bulgarian: сцепление (sceplenie) — adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
• Dutch: tractie — adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
• Finnish: pito — adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
• Italian: aderenza — adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
• Polish: przyczepność — adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
• Bulgarian: разтягане (raztjagane) — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Finnish: veto — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Finnish: traktio — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Galician: tracción — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Indonesian: traksi — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Italian: trazione — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Polish: wyciąg — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Spanish: tracción — mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• Italian: spinta — extent of adoption of a new product or service
• Russian: подде́ржка (poddéržka) — extent of adoption of a new product or service