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Meanings of protraction in английском

португальский
prolongamento
каталонский
perpetuació

The act of prolonging something.

        prolongamento
        русский
        действие разгибательной мышцы

        Anterior movement on the horizontal plane.

              действие разгибательной мышцы
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              Examples for "lengthening"
              Examples for "lengthening"
              1
              Thinking about that lengthening list, Shaw almost missed what Robinson said next.
              Flesh Eaters
              2
              Congestion, pollution and lengthening journey times are now staple topics of conversation.
              The Irish Times
              3
              She saw the days vanishing, and the inevitable years lengthening over her.
              Adventures in the Arts / Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudevil...
              4
              It falls just after the solstice, when the days are perceptibly lengthening.
              The Guardian
              5
              The shadows were lengthening, the shafts of sunlight more bold and clear.
              Harriet and the Piper
              1
              The perpetuation of such knowledge as was then in the world; 2.
              History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
              2
              The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use.
              Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive...
              3
              This industry has an intrinsic interest in the perpetuation of the danger.
              The Guardian
              4
              It said these factors enabled the perpetuation of inequitable outcomes for Māori.
              Radio NZ
              5
              Only bodies that suit the survival and perpetuation of genes will remain.
              The Red Queen

              The consequence of being lengthened in duration.

                    Usage of protraction in английском
                    1
                    For why should there be any longer protraction or waste of time?
                    The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26
                    2
                    Mentions this magazine's experience of a libel suit of Jarndycean protraction and complication.
                    The new yorker
                    3
                    Further findings in maturation protraction are central venous stenoses or accessory outflow veins.
                    Pubmed
                    4
                    The earlier finding of an inverse protraction factor is confirmed.
                    Pubmed
                    5
                    The spring proved little better than a protraction of trial.
                    The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2
                    6
                    What's offered isn't a protraction of physical decrepitude, but a slowing of the biological clock.
                    Wired
                    7
                    Every moment of its protraction seemed still more to unsettle the understanding of his daughter.
                    Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
                    8
                    Raux-Tripier has seen protraction to the thirteenth month.
                    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
                    9
                    As the strike showed signs of protraction, P.R.
                    Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press
                    10
                    Both voices had in their accents and delivery something of the sadness and infinite protraction of the plain.
                    Tales of Trail and Town
                    11
                    And she began to see other things she didn't like in this protraction of the period of singleness.
                    Stories from Everybody's Magazine
                    12
                    Previous work on radula protraction in the Aplysia feeding circuit demonstrated that critical neurons initiate feeding via cholinergic excitation.
                    Pubmed
                    13
                    At baseline, visual observation for scapular dyskinesis, measured scapular protraction, upward scapular rotation and dynamic scapular control were evaluated.
                    Pubmed
                    14
                    An honourable member (Mr. Grosvenor) had attributed the protraction of this business to those who had introduced it.
                    The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
                    15
                    Now the protraction of duration seems to belong to operation rather than to being; hence time is the numbering of movement.
                    Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
                    16
                    He made the report to the New York Senate Commission on Asylums for the Insane as one of three years' protraction.
                    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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                    Translations for protraction
                    португальский
                    prolongamento
                    каталонский
                    perpetuacióprolongació
                    Protraction through the time