English-Dutch translations for traction

• aandrijving
• tractie
  De spoorwegmaatschappijen zouden zo uitsluitend de rol vervullen van dienstverleners die zich bezighouden met de tractie van de treinen. The railway undertakings would thus be restricted to a role of service providers ensuring the traction of trains.
• trekkracht

Definition of traction

• The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power
• Grip
• The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface
• A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb
• To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc

Related words

• attraction
• subtraction
• extraction
• contraction
• abstraction
• retraction
• distraction
• abstractionist
• abstractionism