protractive

adj

1. Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing or delaying.

   “He suffered their protractive arts.”

   “In this case one half of the group had a contractive distraction imposed (decreasing work time) by a confederate; the other a protractive distraction (increasing work time).”

   “Such a function could only be used in the protractive approach to evaluate different states of the system , for it does not necessarily specify an established point of convergency .”

2. Indicating an action or state that is ongoing or sustained.

   “One inflected form of the durative verb is made with a long tense hold and without motion; the nuance in meaning is the same as that of the protractive modulation of adjectival predicates and translates as 'to stare at (uninterruptedly)' (figure 12.15b).”

   “The protractive, durational, and continuative morphemes are examples of nonpunctual modifications .”

   “Fleischmann (1990:22), Sebastian and Slobin (1994: 257-8) also discuss the classivication of so-called aspectual verbs into inchative verbs (e.g. empezar, to start), protractive verbs ( e.g. , quedarse, to remain), cumulative verbs ( e.g., continuar, to continue) and and empletive verbs (e.g. acabar de, to finish)..”

3. Extending forward or projecting outward.

   “Axial ribs not strongly protractive.”

   “This keel on the first half of the last whorl consists of oblique, protractive strong short ridges, which on the last half disappear and give place to rough corrugations.”

   “The horizontal component of the resultant muscular force is protractive during the closing stages,”