Category:Protraction

Pro*trac"tion, n. Etym: [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. A protraction only of what is worst in life. Mallock.

2. (surv.) (a) the act or process of making a plot on paper. (b) a plot on paper.