Traction may refer to:

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Traction (mechanics) Traction, traction force or tractive force is a force used to generate Motion (physics), motion between a body and a tangential surface, through the use of either dry friction or shear force. It has important applications in vehicles, as in ''trac ...

, adhesive friction or force **

Traction vector In continuum mechanics, the Cauchy stress tensor (symbol \boldsymbol\sigma, named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy), also called true stress tensor or simply stress tensor, completely defines the state of stress at a point inside a material in the d ...

, in mechanics, the force per unit area on a surface, including normal and shear components *

Traction motor A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as locomotives, electric vehicle, electric or hydrogen vehicles, or electric multiple unit trains. Traction (engineering), Traction motors are used in electrically powe ...

, an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, for example a car or a locomotive *

Railway electric traction Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world. History Railway electrification as a means of traction emerged at the end of the nineteenth centu ...

, the use of electric motors to propel rail cars *

Traction engine A traction engine is a steam engine, steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin ''tractus'', meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any ...

, a self-propelled steam engine

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Traction (agency) Traction is an interactive advertising agency based in San Francisco. In 2014, they were named Independent Agency of the Year in the iMedia Agency Awards. Their clients include Alibaba.com, Adobe Systems, Bank of America, Cabot Creamery, Calif ...

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

-based interactive advertising agency *

Traction (orthopedics) Traction is a set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the spine and skeletal system. There are two types of traction: skin traction and skeletal traction. They are used in orthopedic medicine. Techniques Tracti ...

, a set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the skeletal system *

Traction (organization) Traction is a progressive non-profit organization promoting civic engagement, based in the city of Durham, North Carolina. Traction's goal is to inform, inspire and connect a growing social network of left-leaning 20- and 30-somethings. The organ ...

, a non-profit activism organization in

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

* ''Traction'' (album), by

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

band Supergroove * Traction TeamPage, a commercial blog/wiki software platform * Traction (The Batman), 2nd episode of ''The Batman'' *

Traction (geology) Traction is the geologic Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly ...

, a process which transports bed load through a channel

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