Usually means: Force exerted by engine, moves vehicle.
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  1. tractive effort: Merriam-Webster
  2. tractive effort: Wiktionary
  3. tractive effort: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. tractive effort: Dictionary.com
  5. Tractive effort: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tractive effort)

noun:  (engineering, rail transport) the tractive force that can be generated by a prime mover to pull a load; cardinal examples are a locomotive pulling a train, a semi-tractor pulling a trailer or a tractor pulling a plow.

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