protractive

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Drawing out or lengthening in time

   Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing or delaying.

   • He suffered their protractive arts.
   • In this case one half of the group had a contractive distraction imposed (decreasing work time) by a confederate; the other a protractive distraction (increasing work time).
   • Such a function could only be used in the protractive approach to evaluate different states of the system , for it does not necessarily specify an established point of convergency .
2. 2

   Indicating an action or state that is ongoing or sustained.

   • The protractive, durational, and continuative morphemes are examples of nonpunctual modifications .
3. 3

   Extending forward or projecting outward.

   • Axial ribs not strongly protractive.
   • This keel on the first half of the last whorl consists of oblique, protractive strong short ridges, which on the last half disappear and give place to rough corrugations.
   • The horizontal component of the resultant muscular force is protractive during the closing stages,

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