Tract may refer to:
Geography and real estate
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Housing tract, an area of land that is subdivided into smaller individual lots
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Land lot
In real estate, a land lot or plot of land is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner(s). A plot is essentially considered a parcel of real property in some countries or immovable property (meaning practically the sam ...
or tract, a section of land
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Census tract
A census tract, census area, census district or meshblock is a geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census. Sometimes these coincide with the limits of cities, towns or other administrative areas and several tracts commonly exis ...
, a geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census
Writings
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Tract (literature)
A tract is a literary work and, in current usage, usually religious in nature. The notion of what constitutes a tract has changed over time. By the early part of the 21st century, a tract referred to a brief pamphlet used for religious and po ...
, a short written work, usually of a political or religious nature
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Tract (liturgy)
The tract (Latin: tractus) is part of the proper of the Christian liturgical celebration of the Eucharist, used instead of the Alleluia in Lent or Septuagesima, in a Requiem Mass, and other penitential occasions, when the joyousness of an All ...
, a component of Roman Catholic liturgy
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Treatise
A treatise is a Formality, formal and systematic written discourse on some subject concerned with investigating or exposing the main principles of the subject and its conclusions."mwod:treatise, Treatise." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Acc ...
Biology
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Nerve tract
A nerve tract is a bundle of nerve fibers (axons) connecting Nucleus (neuroanatomy), nuclei of the central nervous system. In the peripheral nervous system, this is known as a nerve fascicle, and has associated nervous tissue, connective tissue. T ...
, a bundle of fibers that connects different parts of the central nervous system - analogous to a nerve in the peripheral nervous system
* A genetic tract, a sequence of repeating nucleotides or amino acids, such as a
polyglutamine tract
* A collection of related anatomic structures, such as:
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Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the Digestion, digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The tract is the largest of the body's systems, after the cardiovascula ...
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Genitourinary tract
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Reproductive tract
** A grouping of
feathers
Feathers are epidermis (zoology), epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both Bird, avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in ...
, e.g. primaries, auricular, scapular
Businesses
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Tract (imprint), an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
See also
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Track (disambiguation) Track or Tracks may refer to:
Routes or imprints
* Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity
* Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across
* Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shor ...
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Tracts
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