Tract
noun
A large area of land.
The farmer owns a large tract of land.
Often appears as...
- tract of land
- farm tract
noun
A major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibers, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure.
The digestive tract runs from the mouth to the anus.
Often appears as...
- digestive tract
- respiratory tract
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Formal
noun
A short pamphlet or leaflet for distribution, usually about a religious or political topic.
He distributed tracts about the dangers of smoking.
Often appears as...
- religious tract
- political tract
noun
A written work that is published or intended for publication as a book.
The tract was written in the late 19th century.
Often appears as...
- publish a tract
- author of the tract
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Formal
Literary
noun
A large area of land.
The farmer owns a large tract of land.
Often appears as...
- tract of land
- farm tract
noun
A major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibers, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure.
The digestive tract runs from the mouth to the anus.
Often appears as...
- digestive tract
- respiratory tract
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A short pamphlet or leaflet for distribution, usually about a religious or political topic.
He distributed tracts about the dangers of smoking.
Often appears as...
- religious tract
- political tract
noun
A written work that is published or intended for publication as a book.
The tract was written in the late 19th century.
Often appears as...
- publish a tract
- author of the tract
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Land Size
The term 'tract' implies a large, undefined area, usually uninhabited or used for agriculture.
A developer is eyeing that empty tract for a new housing complex.
Pro Tip 2/3Undivided Land
'Tract' often suggests land not divided into lots or property by roads.
They explored the untouched tract beyond the city limits.
Pro Tip 3/3Farming Context
In an agricultural context, 'tract' may refer to a piece of farming land.
They inherited a fertile tract from their grandfather.
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What happens when you...
creating cells that no longer function properly and begin to leak their contents. If these leaky cells proliferate through the body, the results can be devastating. Including liver damage, blood clot formation in the kidneys, damage to the gastrointestinal tract and even the failure of vital organs.
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What causes kidney...
Even though calcium is often found in stones, calcium in foods and beverages can actually help by binding to oxalate in the digestive tract before it can be absorbed and reach the kidneys. If you do end up with a kidney stone, you're not alone. Data suggests that rates are rising,
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Why you shouldn't worry...
in healthy people. So it's helpful to think of poop as exactly what it is -- all the stuff that doesn't get digested in this process. It is water, bacteria, dead cells and mucus, all glommed together with fiber. Fiber is amazing. It affects the digestive tract from top to bottom.
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Turbulence: One of the...
and affects the world around us. And yet, turbulence is ubiquitous, springing up in virtually any system that has moving fluids. That includes the airflow in your respiratory tract. The blood moving through your arteries. And the coffee in your cup, as you stir it.
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
Nutrients are absorbed into the body while solid waste is expelled through the anal canal the end of the digestive tract No matter the roll size or shape of any of the body systems each began with a reproductive system This system is responsible for creating life
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You are your microbes -...
As food travels through our digestive tract, it reaches the fermentors who extract energy from these sugars by converting them into chemicals, like alcohol and hydrogen gas, which they spew out as waste products. Deeper in the depths of our gut city,
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How will we survive when...
Wizards envision a world of glittering, hyperefficient megacities surrounded by vast tracts of untouched nature, economies that have transitioned from atoms to bits, dematerialized capitalist societies that no longer depend on exploiting nature.
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The bug that poops candy...
some other insect’s digestive tract to a steady stream of sap. When that sap touches the insect’s cells, its high sugar content encourages the water in the cells to come out by osmosis… exactly like salt encourages water to come out of a slug.
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A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
turns out that our bodies are comprised of trillions and trillions of microorganisms that cover every exposed body site from our skin which is obvious but also our GI tracts our guts our mouths and even some of them in our
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Elephant Mating,...
Deep inside, hormones in her blood have been stimulating her ovaries, producing an egg. When it reaches maturity, her ovary wall ruptures, and the single egg is guided into her reproductive tract.
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What happens when you...
creating cells that no longer function properly and begin to leak their contents. If these leaky cells proliferate through the body, the results can be devastating. Including liver damage, blood clot formation in the kidneys, damage to the gastrointestinal tract and even the failure of vital organs.
Video examples
What causes kidney...
Even though calcium is often found in stones, calcium in foods and beverages can actually help by binding to oxalate in the digestive tract before it can be absorbed and reach the kidneys. If you do end up with a kidney stone, you're not alone. Data suggests that rates are rising,
Video examples
Why you shouldn't worry...
in healthy people. So it's helpful to think of poop as exactly what it is -- all the stuff that doesn't get digested in this process. It is water, bacteria, dead cells and mucus, all glommed together with fiber. Fiber is amazing. It affects the digestive tract from top to bottom.
Video examples
Turbulence: One of the...
and affects the world around us. And yet, turbulence is ubiquitous, springing up in virtually any system that has moving fluids. That includes the airflow in your respiratory tract. The blood moving through your arteries. And the coffee in your cup, as you stir it.
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
Nutrients are absorbed into the body while solid waste is expelled through the anal canal the end of the digestive tract No matter the roll size or shape of any of the body systems each began with a reproductive system This system is responsible for creating life
Video examples
You are your microbes -...
As food travels through our digestive tract, it reaches the fermentors who extract energy from these sugars by converting them into chemicals, like alcohol and hydrogen gas, which they spew out as waste products. Deeper in the depths of our gut city,
Video examples
How will we survive when...
Wizards envision a world of glittering, hyperefficient megacities surrounded by vast tracts of untouched nature, economies that have transitioned from atoms to bits, dematerialized capitalist societies that no longer depend on exploiting nature.
Video examples
The bug that poops candy...
some other insect’s digestive tract to a steady stream of sap. When that sap touches the insect’s cells, its high sugar content encourages the water in the cells to come out by osmosis… exactly like salt encourages water to come out of a slug.
Video examples
A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
turns out that our bodies are comprised of trillions and trillions of microorganisms that cover every exposed body site from our skin which is obvious but also our GI tracts our guts our mouths and even some of them in our
Video examples
Elephant Mating,...
Deep inside, hormones in her blood have been stimulating her ovaries, producing an egg. When it reaches maturity, her ovary wall ruptures, and the single egg is guided into her reproductive tract.
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George Steiner
American Critic
I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which really makes the readers answer for themselves; that the work of art far more than an essay or a tract involves the reader, challenges him directly and brings him into the argument.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
Places that have become agricultural deserts, trashed by giant corporations, could be reforested, drawing carbon dioxide from the air on a vast scale. The ecosystems of land and sea could recover, not just in pockets but across great tracts of the planet.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
I love creating hideaways. My idea is to go to the most beautiful, unspoilt places, buy the land, and make sure it is never damaged. I've always admired John D. Rockefeller, who bought up tracts of land to ensure they were left wild in perpetuity.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.
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Frank Gehry
American Architect
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
No matter how many feminist tracts you read, you never forget what boys like.
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Tim LaHaye
American Clergyman
About 40 years ago I had an experience where I wrote a tract.
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George Steiner
American Critic
I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which really makes the readers answer for themselves; that the work of art far more than an essay or a tract involves the reader, challenges him directly and brings him into the argument.
Quote examples
George Monbiot
British Writer
Places that have become agricultural deserts, trashed by giant corporations, could be reforested, drawing carbon dioxide from the air on a vast scale. The ecosystems of land and sea could recover, not just in pockets but across great tracts of the planet.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
I love creating hideaways. My idea is to go to the most beautiful, unspoilt places, buy the land, and make sure it is never damaged. I've always admired John D. Rockefeller, who bought up tracts of land to ensure they were left wild in perpetuity.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.
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Frank Gehry
American Architect
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
The most persuasive gospel tract is the exemplary life of a faithful Latter-day Saint.
Quote examples
Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
Quote examples
Jami Attenberg
American Author
No matter how many feminist tracts you read, you never forget what boys like.
Quote examples
Tim LaHaye
American Clergyman
About 40 years ago I had an experience where I wrote a tract.
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