1
a
: a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
the digestive tract
b
: a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination, and function
2
: an area either large or small: such as
a
: an indefinite stretch of land
b
: a defined area of land
3
: extent or lapse of time
: a pamphlet or leaflet of political or religious propaganda
also
: a piece of writing that is suggestive of such a tract
often capitalized
: verses of Scripture (as from the Psalms) used between the gradual and the Gospel at some masses (as during penitential seasons)
Synonyms
Examples of tract in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a vast and fertile tract of farmland
the town had planned on turning that tract of meadow into a park
had a number of small tracts for sale, but we couldn't afford to buy land and then build a house
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Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
These measure things like the average wealth and income, the education level, unemployment level, and occupations of the residents in a census tract.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Aug. 2024
The datasets generated detailed pictures of air pollution in four metro areas — San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Fresno and Sacramento — at the census tract level, based on race, ethnicity and socioeconomic disadvantage.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
While in the intestinal tract, the larvae continue to develop, explains Astra Bryant, neuroscientist and parasitologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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Noun
In New Hampshire, Anthony D’Amato, an ecologist at the University of Vermont, is working with other researchers in the Second College Grant, a tract of 27,000 acres of forest owned by Dartmouth College.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
These measure things like the average wealth and income, the education level, unemployment level, and occupations of the residents in a census tract.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Aug. 2024
The datasets generated detailed pictures of air pollution in four metro areas — San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Fresno and Sacramento — at the census tract level, based on race, ethnicity and socioeconomic disadvantage.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
While in the intestinal tract, the larvae continue to develop, explains Astra Bryant, neuroscientist and parasitologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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tract
1 of 2 noun1
a
: an indefinite stretch of land
a large tract of forest
b
: a defined area of land
a garden tract
2
: a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
the digestive tract
tract
2 of 2 noun
: a pamphlet of political or religious ideas and beliefs
Medical Definition
tract
noun1
: a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function see also digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, lower respiratory tract, upper respiratory tract
2
: a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination, and function and especially one within the spinal cord or brain
called also fiber tract
see also corticospinal tract, olfactory tract, optic tract, spinothalamic tractLove words? Need even more definitions?
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