On 18 Nov 2000, Laura Conrad wrote:
> >>
>
> >> > 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.
>
The German expression is ``Traktur''.
Christof
