traction

[ US /ˈtɹækʃən/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈækʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing
    his leg was in traction for several days
  2. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
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How To Use traction In A Sentence

  • The process of inspiration is active and requires energy for muscle contraction.
  • The pursuit of such metaphysical questions is just a high-minded distraction from the more pressing issue of confronting the dilemma of one's existence here and now.
  • The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.
  • With a full tank of fuel, the weight bias shifts rearwards slightly, which helps traction, as does the standard limited slip differential.
  • He comes to be disgusted by all abstractions and ideas.
  • This was physical attraction, sexual temptation, nothing more.
  • The digital flux that frames our experience of physical and socio-political realities functions through continuous additions, subtractions, and disappearances.
  • I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
  • I was standing in some kind of wooded area and looking around Probably trying to find any distraction to keep me from going for my lecture and I did eventually find that tap-dancing squirrel but that's a story for another post and then somehow bits and pieces began to hit me. Archive 2005-02-01
  • As Christians who reject evolutionary theory, the family scoffed at the park's dinosaur attractions, which date the apatosaurus, brachiosaurus and the like to prehistoric times.
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