Definition of "tractive" [tract•ive]

• Serving to pull or draw; exerting traction. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "They also discussed the kind of tractive power to be employed: Mr. Pease stating that the company had based their whole calculations on the employment of"
• "The third malfunction came the following day, when hundreds of passengers on a train heading for Beijing were asked to change train in the middle of their journey due a problem with tractive transformers on the train."
• "Mini Cooper "Many will love the ease of four doors, the roominess of the rear cabin and the tractive security of AWD," says Mr. Neil."