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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an extended area of land;
[syn: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel]

2. a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose;

3. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet;
[syn: tract, pamphlet]

4. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain;
[syn: nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tract \Tract\, n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate.] A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. [1913 Webster] The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Tracts for the Times. See Tractarian. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tract \Tract\, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See Trace,v., and cf. Tratt.] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. "The deep tract of hell." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. [1913 Webster] A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. Track; trace. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Efface all tract of its traduction. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon, Leaving no tract behind. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. [Obs.] --Older. [1913 Webster] 8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. "Improved by tract of time." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 9. (R. C. Ch.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons. [1913 Webster] Syn: Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise; dissertation. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tract \Tract\, v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tract n 1: an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel] 2: a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose 3: a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet [syn: tract, pamphlet] 4: a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain [syn: nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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