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tract

noun
/tɹækt/

Etymology

From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.

  1. derived from tractus — “a haul, drawing, a drawing out”
  2. inherited from traht
  3. inherited from tract

Definitions

  1. An area or expanse.

    • an unexplored tract of sea
    • the deep tract of hell
    • a very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth

  2. A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.

  3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.

      • The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared.

    2. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.

    3. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent

      • improved by tract of time

    4. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian…

      Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.

    5. Continuity or extension of anything.

      • in tract of speech

    6. Traits

      Traits; features; lineaments.

      • The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness.

    7. The footprint of a wild animal.

      • The Prophet Telemus […]mark'd the Tracts of every Bird that flew

    8. Track

      Track; trace.

      • Efface all tract of its traduction.
      • But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forth on, / Leaving no tract behind.

    9. Treatment

      Treatment; exposition.

      • The tract of every thing Would, by a good discourser, lose some life Which action's self was tongue to.

    10. To pursue, follow

      To pursue, follow; to track.

      • Where may that treachour then (said he) be found, / Or by what meanes may I his footing tract?

    11. To draw out

      To draw out; to protract.

      • Speak to me , muse , the man , who after Troy was sack'd , Saw many towns and men , and could their manners tract.

    12. To treat, discourse, negotiate.

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Derived

biliary tract, census tract, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, iliotibial tract, lower respiratory tract, pyramidal tract, respiratory tract, spinoreticular tract, Tractarian, tract home, tract house, tract housing, tract mansion, tract society, Trans-Karakoram Tract, upper respiratory tract, urinary tract, urinary tract infection, vocal tract, von Monakow's tract

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tract. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tract. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at tract

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA