Hypertext Webster Gateway: "protraction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Protraction \Pro*trac"tion\, n. [L. protractio.]
1. A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the
termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay;
as, the protraction of a debate.
A protraction only of what is worst in life.
--Mallock.
2. (Surv.)
(a) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
(b) A plot on paper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
protraction
n 1: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: {lengthiness},
{prolongation}]
2: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: {prolongation}, {perpetuation},
{lengthening}]
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