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S vs Tractive - What's the difference?

s | tractive |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective tractive is

pertaining to traction.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    tractive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to traction.
    • This locomotive develops 130,000 pounds of tractive effort.
  • * 1912 , Flight [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZTY6AQAAMAAJ]
    • The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air.

    Derived terms

    * tractiveness