tract
IPA: trˈækt
noun
- An area or expanse.
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
- (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
- (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
- (obsolete) Track; trace.
- (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
verb
- (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
- (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.
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Examples of "tract" in Sentences
- The date of the tract is controversial.
- It is found in the gastrointestinal tract.
- It comprises the larynx and the vocal tract.
- The table below shows the differences in the tracts.
- Do they pass from the digestive tract into the bloodstream
- Barium sulfate is irritable outside the gastrointestinal tract.
- It is toxic to the parasite and kills it in the digestive tract.
- Elimination is through the gastrointestinal tract and the kidney.
- The regulatory mechanism is situated in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Cysteine is catabolized in the gastrointestinal tract and blood plasma.