<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.</li><li>The action of drawing a body, vehicle, train, or the like, along a surface, as a road, track, railroad, or waterway.</li><li>Medicine/Medical. The deliberate and prolonged pulling of a muscle, organ, or the like, as by weights, to correct dislocation, relieve pressure, etc.</li><li>Transportation by means of railroads.</li><li>The act of drawing or pulling.</li><li>The state of being drawn.</li><li>The support or momentum needed to advance something or make it successful: Her proposal failed to gain traction among our board members.</li><li>Attracting power or influence; attraction: The main character feels the traction of fate.</li></ul>