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Definition of Tract
1. Noun. An extended area of land.
Specialized synonyms: Baseball Diamond, Diamond, Infield, Center, Center Field, Centerfield, Left, Left Field, Leftfield, Outfield, Right, Right Field, Rightfield, Short, Railway Yard, Railyard, Yard, Desert, Oasis, Battlefield, Battleground, Field, Field Of Battle, Field Of Honor, Minefield, Breeding Ground, Clearing, Glade, Field, Field Of Fire, Grounds, Athletic Field, Field, Playing Area, Playing Field, Industrial Park, Grassland, Mud Flat, Parade Ground, Fairground, Midway, Fairway, Park, Parkland, Common, Commons, Green, Park, Picnic Area, Picnic Ground, Public Square, Square, Toll Plaza, Range, Sector, Land Site, Site, Subdivision, Mine Field, Terrain, Patch, Plot, Plot Of Ground, Plot Of Land, Lot, Yard, Yard
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Derivative terms: Parcel
2. Noun. A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose.
3. Noun. A brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet.
4. Noun. A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain.
Specialized synonyms: Optic Radiation, Radiatio Optica, Commissure, Cerebral Peduncle, Peduncle
Generic synonyms: Substantia Alba, White Matter
Definition of Tract
1. n. A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
2. n. Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
3. v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
Definition of Tract
1. Noun. An area or expanse of land. ¹
2. Noun. A series of connected body organs, as in the ''digestive tract''. ¹
3. Noun. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. ¹
4. Noun. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject of interest. ¹
5. Noun. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject. ¹
6. Noun. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent ¹
7. Verb. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tract
1. an expanse of land [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tract
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tract
Literary usage of Tract
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"HYDRICK, J. This action was brought for the partition of a tract of land between
plaintiffs and the McCaskill defendants. The defendant Bank of Bethune was ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"The pyramid is composed of fibres derived from the direct pyramidal tract of the
anterior column of the cord of its own side, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Proofs are to be taken, and the parties have a right to be heard, and thereupon
the court is required "to render judgment thereon." Survey of the tract in ..."
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