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tract1

Syllabification: (tract)
Pronunciation: /trakt/

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Definition of tract

noun

  • 1an area of indefinite extent, typically a large one:large tracts of natural forest
  • literary an indefinitely large extent of something:the vast tracts of time required to account for the deposition of the strata
  • 2a major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibers, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure or region:the digestive tract

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'duration or course (of time)'): from Latin tractus 'drawing, dragging', from trahere 'draw, pull'

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