traction

physical process in which a tangential force is transmitted across an interface between two bodies through dry friction or an intervening fluid film resulting in motion, stoppage or the transmission of power
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traction

Summary

traction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • traction's image is recorded as Traction chains on a wheel loader - cropped.jpg[2].
  • traction's subclass of is recorded as friction[3].
  • traction's subclass of is recorded as physical process[4].
  • traction's Commons category is recorded as Traction[5].
  • traction's opposite of is recorded as sliding[6].
  • traction's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 17748[7].
  • traction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08s87x[8].
  • traction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Traction[9].
  • traction's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0214622[10].
  • traction's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00001368n[11].
  • traction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 169446480[12].
  • traction's KBpedia ID is recorded as Traction[13].
  • traction's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 11480680-n[14].
  • traction's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as traccio-0[15].

Why It Matters

traction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[1] traction has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] traction is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). traction. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction
MLA “traction.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_traction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{traction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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