>>>>> "mau" == mau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> [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...
mau> If it may be useful, in Italian we say "trasmissione" (literally
mau> transmission, like in an engine)
In English, I think the general word is action, but I think the
specific kind that Fran�ois is talking about is called a "Tracker
action", or more often tracker for short.
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