traction

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It seems like last year, the foray into mobile seems like the traction is a little bit slower than anticipated even with the economic impact.

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  1. noun The act of drawing or pulling, especially the drawing of a vehicle or load over a surface by motor power.
  2. noun The condition of being drawn or pulled.
  3. noun Pulling power, as of a draft animal or engine.
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  • Second, it has long term traction: this row about debt is shaping up to be era defining, "a what kind of country do you want your children to live in" moment as Cameron's people have put it. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • Sensing that they're losing traction, the McCain camp will have to shut up and move on. —  Radosh.net
  • Granted, the traction is not quite as good as the traction on a boot specifically designed for snow, but it is great traction for a sneaker. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Only after the oligarchs take it all away will you know the message has traction, and a small victory has been won - and many small victories is really your only hope. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • THE SARAH PALIN PER DIEM STORY: This didn't get much traction, as it turned out that her travel expenses were legal, and much lower than Murkowski's: Gov. —  We Blog A Lot
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  1. Medieval Latin tractiō, tractiōn-, from Latin tractus, past participle of trahere, to pull, draw.

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  1. =F. traction =Spanish traccion =Portuguese tracção =Italian trazione, from Middle Latin *tractio (n-), a drawing, from Latin trahere, past participle tractus, draw, drag: see tract.
 

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/ˈtrækʃən/
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