Traction

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Traction may refer to:

In engineering:

• Forces:
  • Traction (engineering), adhesive friction or force in the context of vehicle propulsion
  • Traction vector, in mechanics, the force per unit area on a surface, including normal and shear components
• Railway electric traction, the use of electric motors to propel rail cars

Other uses:

• Traction (orthopedics), a set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the skeletal system
• Traction (organization), a non-profit activism organization in North Carolina
• Traction (album), by New Zealand band Supergroove
• Traction TeamPage, a commercial blog/wiki software platform
• Traction In Game Radio, a software program allowing streaming music from several genres associated with PC game-players

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