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English-Thai Dictionary

protraction

N การ ยืด ออก  kan-yued-ook

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROTRACTION

n.The act of drawing out or continuing in time; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; as the protraction of a debate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROTRACTION

Pro *trac "tion, n. Etym: [L. protractio.]

 

1. A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate. A protraction only of what is worst in life. Mallock.

 

2. (Surv.) (a ) The act or process of making a plot on paper. (b ) A plot on paper.

 

Oxford Dictionary

protraction

pro |trac ¦tion |prəˈtrakʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of prolonging something or the state of being prolonged: the protraction of the war. 2 the action of extending a part of the body. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin protractio (n- ), from protrahere ‘prolong ’ (see protract ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

protraction

pro tr á c tion 名詞 U 長引かすこと, 延長 ; 製図 .