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tractive efforts

tractive efforts is the plural of tractive effort.

Meaning of tractive effort

Noun

tractive effort (plural tractive efforts)

  1. the tractive force that can be generated by a prime mover to pull a load; cardinal examples are a locomotive pulling a train, a semi-tractor pulling a trailer or a tractor pulling a plow.
    • Consequently, they developed articulateds capable of exerting 7500 drawbar horsepower or a starting tractive effort of 170,000 pounds.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
    Synonyms:
    tractive force

Questions about tractive efforts

What is tractive efforts the plural of?
Tractive efforts is the plural of tractive effort.

Words near tractive efforts in the dictionary

  1. tractions
  2. Tractite
  3. Tractites
  4. tractive
  5. tractive effort
  6. tractive efforts
  7. tractive force
  8. tractive forces
  9. tractiveness
  10. tractlet
  11. tractlets

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