noun [U]
1 the action of pulling sth along a surface; the power that is used for doing this:
diesel / electric / steam traction
2 a way of treating a broken bone in your body that involves using special equipment to pull the bone gradually back into its correct place:
He spent six weeks in traction after he broke his leg.
3 the force that stops sth, for example the wheels of a vehicle, from sliding on the ground
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for traction is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does traction appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — traction appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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