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What does tractive mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tractive? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Pertaining to traction.
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The final drives were selected for heavy-duty work cycles and a high tractive effort.
They point out some important differences between motor graders and other earthmoving machines when it comes to converting engine power to tractive effort and work output.
And because the tractor unit is self-contained in a single unit, greater tractive effort can be applied to help move the unit through wet soils.
We run and double back with the dynamometer car to try out our tractive power.
These tracks enable a machine to operate in conditions where low ground pressure and high tractive effort are needed while minimizing the damage to the operating surface.
Operators of road slugs in the Northwest are usually lines with poor track and steep grades which require a lot of tractive effort, but not necessarily more horsepower.

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