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tract
1[ trakt ]
noun
Synonyms: ,
- Anatomy.
- a definite region or area of the body, especially a group, series, or system of related parts or organs:
the digestive tract.
- a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin and destination.
- Roman Catholic Church. an anthem consisting of verses of Scripture, sung after the gradual in the Mass from Septuagesima until the day before Easter and on certain other occasions, taking the place of the alleluias and the verse that ordinarily accompany the gradual.
- Ornithology. a pteryla.
tract
2[ trakt ]
noun
- a brief treatise or pamphlet for general distribution, usually on a religious or political topic.
Synonyms: , ,
tract
1/ ٰæ /
noun
- an extended area, as of land
- anatomy a system of organs, glands, or other tissues that has a particular function
the digestive tract
- a bundle of nerve fibres having the same function, origin, and termination
the optic tract
- archaic.an extended period of time
tract
2/ ٰæ /
noun
- a treatise or pamphlet, esp a religious or moralistic one
tract
3/ ٰæ /
noun
- RC Church an anthem in some Masses
tract
/ ٰă /
- A series of body organs that work together to perform a specialized function, such as digestion.
- A bundle of nerve fibers, especially in the central nervous system, that begin and end in the same place and share a common function.
51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
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Example Sentences
But unlike builders preparing blocks of tract homes on undeveloped land, individual property owners have specific circumstances and desires.
In contrast, those that had been exposed to the seasonal flu beforehand had virus only in the respiratory tract — and at pretty low levels.
An ophthalmologist by trade, Tanton funded organizations that fought immigration and birthright citizenship and published white nationalist tracts.
Forest Service researchers found that “new fire regimes are increasingly affecting more urban census tracts statewide, meaning greater numbers and more diverse groups of people are being and possibly will be affected by wildfires.”
When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.
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