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non-traction

non-traction adjective: not for traction (motive power).

Adjective

non-traction (not comparable)

  1. Not for traction (motive power).
    • Each four-car set is made up of: a 35¾-ton battery driving trailer open second, which also carries on its underframe the batteries, and battery-charging and compressor rectifiers and a compressor to provide energy for a variety of non-traction purposes; [...].1959 June, “The opening of the Colchester-Clacton-Walton electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 307

Origin of non-traction

From non- + traction.

Questions about non-traction

What does non-traction mean?
Non-traction means not for traction (motive power).
What part of speech is non-traction?
Non-traction is an adjective.

Words near non-traction in the dictionary

  1. non-tilting
  2. non-tipper
  3. non-tippers
  4. non-tonal
  5. non-toxic
  6. non-traction
  7. non-trad
  8. non-traditional
  9. non-traditional student
  10. non-traditional students
  11. non-trads

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