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protraction

noun

Meaning

  1. The condition of being protracted
  2. 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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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