>>>>> "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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