Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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A protraction only of what is worst in life.
--Mallock.
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2. (Surv.)
(a) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
(b) A plot on paper.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protraction
n 1: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn:
{lengthiness}, {prolongation}, {continuation},
{protraction}]
2: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: {prolongation},
{protraction}, {perpetuation}, {lengthening}]
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