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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Protraction \Pro*trac"tion\, n. [L. protractio.]
1. A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the
termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay;
as, the protraction of a debate.
[1913 Webster]
A protraction only of what is worst in life.
--Mallock.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Surv.)
(a) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
(b) A plot on paper.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Protraction \Pro*trac"tion\, n. [L. protractio.]
1. A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the
termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay;
as, the protraction of a debate.
A protraction only of what is worst in life.
--Mallock.
2. (Surv.)
(a) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
(b) A plot on paper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
protraction
n 1: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness,
prolongation, continuation]
2: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation, perpetuation,
lengthening]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
protraction
n.
1 (lb en uncountable) The condition of being protracted
2 (lb en countable) The act of protracting
3 (lb en linguistics) The lengthening of a short syllable
4 (lb en anatomy) An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The
forward movement of the tongue or of a limb
5 The act of making a plot on paper.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
protraction
n.
1 (lb en uncountable) The condition of being protracted
2 (lb en countable) The act of protracting
3 (lb en linguistics) The lengthening of a short syllable
4 (lb en anatomy) An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The
forward movement of the tongue or of a limb
5 The act of making a plot on paper.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
protraction
n.
1 (lb en uncountable) The condition of being protracted
2 (lb en countable) The act of protracting
3 (lb en linguistics) The lengthening of a short syllable
4 (lb en anatomy) An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The
forward movement of the tongue or of a limb
5 The act of making a plot on paper.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
protraction
n.
1 (lb en uncountable) The condition of being protracted
2 (lb en countable) The act of protracting
3 (lb en linguistics) The lengthening of a short syllable
4 (lb en anatomy) An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The
forward movement of the tongue or of a limb
5 The act of making a plot on paper.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
الإطالة
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
průtahy
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
natažení
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
prodlužování
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
Hinziehen
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
παρέκλυση
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
protraction /pɹətɹˈakʃən/
1. elnyújtás
2. kihúzás
3. húzás-halasztás
From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-ita ]
protraction /pʁɔ.tʁak.sjɔ̃/
protrazione
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "protraction":
adjournal, adjournment, continualness, continuance, continuation,
continuity, dallying, deferment, deferral, delay, elongation,
endurance, extension, extension of time, lag, lengthening,
lingering, maintenance, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence,
postponement, procrastination, production, progress, progression,
prolongation, prorogation, pursuance, putting-off, repetition, run,
stay, staying power, straight course, strain, stretch, stretching,
stringing out, suspension, sustained action, sustenance, tabling,
tension, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, way
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 拖长,伸长,制图;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 拖长,伸长,制图
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