A Protraction

1 (uncountable) The condition of being protracted<p>2 (countable) The act of protracting</p><p>3 (linguistics) The lengthening of a short syllable</p><p>4 (anatomy) An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The forward movement of the tongue or of a limb</p><p>5 The act of making a plot on paper.</p>