Protraction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Protraction \Pro*trac"tion\, n. [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.
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              A protraction only of what is worst in life.
                                                    --Mallock.
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     2. (Surv.)
        (a) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
        (b) A plot on paper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  protraction
       n 1: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: {lengthiness},
             {prolongation}, {continuation}]
       2: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
          prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: {prolongation}, {perpetuation},
           {lengthening}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "protraction":
     adjournal, adjournment, continualness, continuance, continuation,
     continuity, dallying, deferment, deferral, delay, elongation,
     endurance, extension, extension of time, lag, lengthening,
     lingering, maintenance, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence,
     postponement, procrastination, production, progress, progression,
     prolongation, prorogation, pursuance, putting-off, repetition, run,
     stay, staying power, straight course, strain, stretch, stretching,
     stringing out, suspension, sustained action, sustenance, tabling,
     tension, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, way