7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. [Obs.]
Older.
8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. "Improved by tract
of time." Milton.
9. (R. C. Ch.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the
Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; — so
called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead
of by many as in the antiphons.
Syn. — Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise; dissertation.
Tract, v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
[Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson.
Tract`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. tractabilitas: cf.F. tractabilite.] The
quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Tract"a*ble (?), a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to
handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.] 1. Capable of being easily led,
taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable
children; a tractable learner.