transcription, транскрипция: [ trækt ]
( tracts)
1.
A tract of land is a very large area of land.
A vast tract of land is ready for development...
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2.
A tract is a short article expressing a strong opinion on a religious, moral, or political subject in order to try to influence people’s attitudes.
She produced a feminist tract, ‘Comments on Birth-Control’, in 1930.
= pamphlet
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3.
A tract is a system of organs and tubes in an animal’s or person’s body that has a particular function, especially the function of processing a substance in the body. ( MEDICAL )
Foods are broken down in the digestive tract...
...urinary tract infections.
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