action/traction ?

[mau]

> [Fran�ois Pinard]
> 
> > organs having pneumatically assisted tractions [...] mechanical tractions!
> 
> I'm not sure of the word "traction" in English.  We say "action" in French...

If it may be useful, in Italian we say "trasmissione" (literally
transmission, like in an engine)

ciao, .mau.