tract
tract1 definition
tract (trakt)
noun
- Archaic
- duration or lapse of time
- a period of time
- a continuous expanse of land or of water, mineral deposit, etc.; stretch; extent; area
- ☆ Chiefly West a housing development
- Anat., Zool.
- a system of parts or organs, or an elongated region, having some special function the genitourinary tract
- a bundle of nerve fibers having the same origin, termination, and function
Etymology: ML(Ec) tractus
R.C.Ch. in the former Latin Mass, one or more penitential verses said, as in Lent, after the Gradual
Etymology: L tractus, a drawing out, extent < pp. of trahere, to draw
tract2 definition
tract (trakt)
noun
- Obsolete a treatise
- a propagandizing pamphlet, esp. one on a religious or political subject
Etymology: ME tracte < LL tractatus: see tractate
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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