PROTRACTION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The act or process of making a plot on paper.

3.
n.

A plot on paper.