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protractions

protractions is the plural of protraction.

Meaning of protraction

Noun

protraction (countable and uncountable, plural protractions)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being protracted.
  2. (countable) The act of protracting.
  3. The lengthening of a short syllable.
  4. An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The forward movement of the tongue or of a limb.
  5. The act of making a plot on paper.

Questions about protractions

What is protractions the plural of?
Protractions is the plural of protraction.

Words near protractions in the dictionary

  1. protractible
  2. protractile
  3. protractility
  4. protracting
  5. protraction
  6. protractions
  7. protractive
  8. protractively
  9. protractor
  10. protractors
  11. protracts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protractions (page history and authors); protraction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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