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Definition: Traction |
TractionNoun1. The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road). 2. (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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "traction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
Etymology: Traction \Trac"tion\, noun. [Latin expression trahere, tractum, to draw: compare to the French expression traction.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Force exerted on a trailer rope or by an engine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The act of pulling. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The act of drawing a vehicle over a surface and the force exerted in so doing. Traction is the friction developed between tracks or tires and the surface of the ground on which they are moving b. The total amount of driving push of a vehicle on a given surfac. (references) |
Physics | Stress applied to a body so that at any point there are tensions having the same value and the same direction. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: TractionSynonyms: adhesive friction (n), grip (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regression | Noun: traction; drawing; Verb: draught, pull, haul; rake; "a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together"; towage, haulage. |
Transference | Transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, carting, cartage; shoveling; Verb: vection, vecture, vectitation; shipment, freight, wafture; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion; transposition; (interchange); traction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | She's in traction. (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; writing credit: Jerry Adelman; Daniel Gregory Browne) You carry on much longer by tomorrow afternoon you could be in traction. (Only Fools and Horses; writing credit: John Sullivan) Though I might be in traction when I do! (A Goofy Movie; writing credit: Jymn Magon; Chris Matheson) | |
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 | Large sedated polar bear - Ursus maritimus. Bears were measured and tagged for future study. Large padded feet for traction on the ice. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | U.S. Army, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, CO. : Ward treatment for a patient in traction. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. : Cadet Nurse adjusting traction. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital No.2, Paris, France. : Ice tongs used for traction. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Checking patients traction apparatus]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Dr. H. B. Stewart of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, on the left, viewing the tractor winch component of the ship's deep-sea winch during installation in around late 1959. Note the numerous turns of the wire around the two drums of this winch that were necessary to give the device enough traction to handle its designed 40,000 pound load. Credit: NAVY. |
 | If dreams came true. The traction co. manager's ideal--when every passenger shall find his proper niche / Herbert Johnson. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hotel Hilton, East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wisconsin--Car no. 405 of the Beloit Traction Co. in center; portion of car no. 407 at extreme right. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | United States Railway Post Office car of the Capital Traction Company, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Union Traction Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This is particularly true for headaches caused by traction or inflammation. (references) | |
Range of motion exercises, physical therapy, and cervical traction may also be prescribed. (references) | ||
Traction and inflammatory headaches are symptoms of other disorders, ranging from stroke to sinus infection. (references) | ||
Business | For example, a lumbar traction device can be sold to the general public in the U.S. with simply an instructional video and user's guide. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Traction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.14% of the time. "Traction" is used about 215 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.14% | 211 | 20,883 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.86% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 215 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "traction": Angle of traction ♦ animal traction ♦ automatic traction control ♦ Extraoral Traction Appliances ♦ mechanical traction ♦ placed in traction /to be ♦ traction cable ♦ traction engine ♦ traction force ♦ traction line ♦ traction load ♦ traction of the road ♦ traction power ♦ traction rope ♦ traction unit ♦ traction wave ♦ Traction wheel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "traction": traction-engine. | |
Ending with "traction": steam-traction, sub-traction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "traction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, tow, tug, withdrawal), gllënjkë (craving, drachm, draft, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, peg, pull, sip, smack, sup, swallow, swig, thirst), forcë tërheqëse (charisma, haulage, magnetism), fërkim (caress, embrocation, fondling, friction, massage, rub, rubbing, scouring, unction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قوة جاذبية, سحب (call, dash, disengage, draft, drag, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, heave, lug, pull, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, tow, trail, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), جر (drag, dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, pull, purchase, retrieve, sweeping, tow, trail, train, trill), الإحتكاك الالتصاقي, إجتذاب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тяга (draft, draught, propulsion), тракция, теглене (draft, drag, draught, draw, drawing, haul, haulage, lug, pull, tow, towage, towing, tug), теглителна сила (pull, pulling power), градски транспорт, влачене (crawl, haul, haulage, lug, shuffle, tow, towage), опъване (draw, strain, straining, tension), изтегляне (draw, drawing, elongation, evacuation, exhaustion, extension, withdrawal), движеща сила (dynamics, momentum, mover, propulsion, sinews). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牵引. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trakce, tažná síla, vleèení (haul, tow), pohon (drive, gear, gearing, propulsion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | traek (attenuating, attenuation, draft, draught, drawing, drawing qualities, drive, haul of a net, hayl, kind of drive, system of drive), træk (pull), straekbehandling (extension treatment), extensionsbehandling (extension treatment), ekstensionsbehandling (extension treatment), belastning (demand, electric load, load, loading, machine effort, pull, recharge, strain, stress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trekkracht (forward thrust, machine effort, pull, tensile force, thrust, tractive effort, tractive force), trekken (attract, bend, design, drag, draw, haul, limp, make a draft, make a stroke, migrate, pull, roam, tow, tug, wander, wander about), tractie (pulling), voorttrekken (drag, tow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کشش (Draw, Extension, Haul, Haulage, Inducement, Jerk, Magnetism, Pull, Reach, Tension, Tract, Tug, Twitch), انقباض (Contraction, Pluck, Retraction, Shrinkage, Torsion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | veto (bet, draught, pull, stroke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traction. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zug (breath, campaign, catch, characteristic, course, draft, drag, draught, drawing, draw-string, drifting, expedition, feature, flight, flock, groove, gulp, haul, lineament, migration, mouthful, move, platoon, procession, puff, pull, section, shoal, slide, stop, strain, streak, stroke, swig, team, tension, touch, train, trait, transmigration, truck and trailer, tug, up draft, up-draught, whiff), Zugkraft (appeal, attraction, efficacy, pull, sell, tractive force, tractive power), Ziehen (ache, be draughty, be popular, breed, brew, build, drag, dragging pain, draw, drift, erect, extract, fly, go, go down well, grow, haul, haul up, heave, infuse, lift, lift up, make, March, marinade, migrate, penetrate, process, production, pull, pull out, pulling, raise, remove, sail, simmer, strain, stretch, suck, take out, tear, to pull, trail, transmigrate, tug, twitch, unsheathe, wander, wheel, work out, yank out), Beförderung (advancement, carriage, conveyance, elevation, handling, movement, preferment, promotion, transportation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλξη (affinity, attraction, lure, pull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vontatás (haul, haulage, pulling, tow, towage, towing, tug), vonás (chalk, dash, draw, feature, line, mil, rhumb, strain, tally), izom-összehúzódás, húzás (cut, dash, drag, draught, draw, drawing out, gambit, haul, haulage, hitch, obliteration, ploy, pull, pulling, tug), összehúzódás (constriction, constringency, contraction, retraction, shrink, shrinkage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | daya tarik (affinity, glamour, gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trazione (draft, draught, drive, haul). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 牽引療法 (traction therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | け"い"りょうほう (traction therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 견인. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tayrn pelvishagh (pelvic traction), tayrn ny lurgaghyn (pelvic traction), jeshaght tayrn (traction engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | actiontray tratamento por extensão (extension treatment), tracção (line stretch, pulling, snatch), tracç o (machine effort, pull), tração (draw, drift, drive, pull, tension), deslocação (eyre, fracture, itineration, march, motion, movement, onflow, running, shift, slip, wrench), contração (contraction, reduction, shrinkage). (various references) tracţiune (haulage, transport), contracţie a unui muşchi. (various references) сила сцепления (adhesive power), тяга (connecting-rod, draft, draught, draw, haulage, pull), городской транспорт. (various references) trakcija, vučna snaga (pulling power), vuča (draft, pull, tow, towage, towing, tug), ekstenzija. (various references) tracción (press up, pull, pull up, pulling, push up). (various references) dragning (dragging, draw, drawing, inclination, leaning, tinge). (various references) taşıma (carriage, carrying, conduction, conveyance, freight, haulage, portage, removal, shipping, transfer, transport, transportation), çekme (allure, allurement, bearing, draft, draught, draw, drawing, extraction, haul, haulage, hitch, hoist, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, shrinkage, shrinking, soak, throwback, towage, towaway, towing, withdrawal), çekiş gücü, çekiş (draft, draught, draw, hitch, lug, pull, tractive, tug). (various references) тяга (connecting rod, draught, draw, haulage, pull), волочіння (lug), притягальна сила (attractiveness). (various references) sự kéo sức kéo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "traction": tractional, tractions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "traction": abstraction, attraction, contraction, detraction, distraction, extraction, overextraction, protraction, retraction, semiabstraction, subtraction. (additional references) | |
Words containing "traction": abstractional, abstractionism, abstractionisms, abstractionist, abstractionists, abstractions, attractions, contractional, contractionary, contractions, detractions, distractions, extractions, overextractions, protractions, retractions, semiabstractions, subtractions. (additional references) | |
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"Traction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tation, tration, Tristano, trition, Troitino. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "traction" (pronounced tra"kshun) |
| 7 | t r a" k sh u n | abstraction, attraction, contraction, distraction, extraction, retraction, subtraction. |
| 6 | -r a" k sh u n | diffraction, fraction, infraction. |
| 5 | -a" k sh u n | action, dissatisfaction, exaction, faction, inaction, interaction, liquefaction, reaction, satisfaction, transaction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | abduction, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, conduction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, construction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, deconstruction, deduction, defection, depiction, dereliction, destruction, detection, diction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissection, distinction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, extinction, fiction, flexion, friction, function, imperfection, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, injection, injunction, inspection, instruction, insurrection, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introduction, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, obstruction, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, production, projection, protection, recollection, reconstruction, redirection, reduction, reelection, reflection, reinspection, reintroduction, rejection, reproduction, restriction, resurrection, sanction, section, seduction, selection, subsection, suction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: carotin, citator, ricotta, taction, tantric. | |
-2 letters: action, aortic, aroint, atonic, attorn, cantor, carton, cation, citron, contra, cortin, cottar, craton, intact, intort, octant, ration, ratton, tricot, triton. | |
-3 letters: acorn, actin, actor, antic, attic, cairn, canto, coati, coria, cotan, cotta, intro, narco, naric, nitro, noria, octan, ontic, orcin, ottar, racon, ratio, riant, tacit, taint, tanto. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: carnotite, tractions. | |
+2 letters: anorthitic, antierotic, attraction, carnotites, cartoonist, castration, constraint, contradict, corotating, corotation, detraction, eructation, extraction, recitation, retraction, tinctorial, tractional, trajection, truncation, urtication. | |
+3 letters: abstraction, actinometer, actinometry, altercation, anticipator, astronautic, attractions, cartoonists, castrations, coarctation, constraints, continuator, contractile, contracting, contraction, contractive, contradicts, contraption, contrariety, contrasting, contrastive, corotations, creationist, crepitation, detractions, distraction, eructations, extractions, extrication, fractionate, incantatory, interaction, interatomic, intercostal, metrication, nonartistic, protracting, protraction, ratiocinate, recantation, recitations, reluctation, retractions, retroacting, retroaction, romanticist, rustication, subtraction, teratogenic, trajections, transaction, transection, truncations, unpatriotic, urtications, vaticinator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 63 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -.-. - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a c t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5484676986758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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