What does protract mean?
Definitions for protract
proʊˈtrækt, prə-pro·tract
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Princeton's WordNet
prolong, protract, extend, draw outverb
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
"We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
Wiktionary
protractverb
To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
protractverb
To use a protractor.
protractverb
To draw or delineate.
Etymology: From the past participle stem of protraho.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Protractnoun
Tedious continuance.
Etymology: from the verb.
Since I did leave the presence of my love,
Many long weary days I have out-worn,
And many nights, that slowly seem’d to move
Their sad protract from evening until morn. Edmund Spenser.To PROTRACTverb
To draw out; to delay; to lengthen; to spin to length.
Etymology: protractus, Lat.
Where can they get victuals to support such a multitude, if we do but protract the war. Richard Knolles.
He shrives this woman to her smock;
Else ne’er could he so long protract his speech. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
protract
Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used describes this motion according to its direction relative to the anatomical position of the body parts involved. Anatomists and others use a unified set of terms to describe most of the movements, although other, more specialized terms are necessary for describing unique movements such as those of the hands, feet, and eyes. In general, motion is classified according to the anatomical plane it occurs in. Flexion and extension are examples of angular motions, in which two axes of a joint are brought closer together or moved further apart. Rotational motion may occur at other joints, for example the shoulder, and are described as internal or external. Other terms, such as elevation and depression, describe movement above or below the horizontal plane. Many anatomical terms derive from Latin terms with the same meaning.
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protract
To protract generally means to draw out or lengthen in time or space. It can be used to describe extending the duration of something, delaying or postponing something, or physically extending a particular object such as a mechanical part.
Webster Dictionary
Protractverb
to draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war
Protractverb
to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty
Protractverb
to draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot
Protractverb
to extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract
Protractnoun
tedious continuance or delay
Etymology: [L. protractus.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Protract
prō-trakt′, v.t. to draw out or lengthen in time: to prolong: to put off in time: to draw to a scale.—p.adj. Protrac′ted, drawn out in time: tedious: prolonged: postponed.—adv. Protrac′tedly.—n. Protrac′ter.—adj. Protrac′tile, susceptible of being thrust out.—n. Protrac′tion, act of protracting or prolonging: the delaying of the termination of a thing: the plotting or laying down of the dimensions of anything on paper.—adj. Protrac′tive, drawing out in time: prolonging: delaying.—n. Protrac′tor, one who, or that which, protracts: a mathematical instrument for laying down angles on paper, used in surveying, &c. [L.,—pro, forth, trahĕre, to draw.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of protract in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of protract in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of protract in a Sentence
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
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