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Tract Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tract?
[n] a bundle of nerve fibers following a path through the brain
[n] a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose [n] a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet [n] an extended area of land Synonyms | Synonyms for Tract: nerve pathway | nerve tract | pamphlet | parcel | parcel of land | pathway | piece of ground | piece of land Related Terms | Find terms related to Tract: See Also | athletic field | baseball diamond | battlefield | battleground | breeding ground | center | centerfield | clearing | common | commons | corpus callosum | corticospinal tract | diamond | fairground | fairway | fascicle | fasciculus | fiber bundle | fibre bundle | field | field of battle | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | glade | grassland | green | grounds | industrial park | infield | land site | left | leftfield | lot | midway | mine field | minefield | mud flat | oasis | outfield | parade ground | park | parkland | patch | peduncle | picnic area | picnic ground | playing area | playing field | plot | plot of ground | public square | pyramidal motor system | pyramidal tract | railway yard | range | respiratory tract | right | rightfield | sector | short | site | square | subdivision | system | terrain | toll plaza | treatise | urinary tract | yard Tract In Webster's Dictionary \Tract\, n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate.]
A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short
extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
The church clergy at that time writ the best collection
of tracts against popery that ever appeared. --Swift.
{Tracts for the Times}. See {Tractarian}.
\Tract\, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See {Trace},v., and cf. {Tratt}.] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. ``The deep tract of hell.'' --Milton. 2. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth. --Addison. 3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.] The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. --Bacon. 4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.] --Dryden. 5. Track; trace. [Obs.] Efface all tract of its traduction. --Sir T. Browne. But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon, Leaving no tract behind. --Shak. 6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. [Obs.] --Older. 8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. ``Improved by tract of time.'' --Milton. 9. (R. C. Ch.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons. Syn: Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise; dissertation. \Tract\, v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson. |
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