Traction (engineering)

Traction - physical process in which a tangential force is transmitted across an interface between two bodies through dry friction or an intervening fluid film resulting in motion, stoppage or the transmission of power. Article “Traction (engineering)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 19.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in Persian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Traction (engineering)”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 251 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 920 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #5725 in August 2015
• Global: #67231 in November 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2134 in July 2024
• Global: #68860 in October 2013

There are 16 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Persian (fa) کشش (مهندسی)		25.9718
2	English (en) Traction (mechanics)		25.3452
3	Italian (it) Aderenza		23.9318
4	Arabic (ar) الجر (هندسة)		21.214
5	Simple English (simple) Traction (engineering)		19.7059
6	Catalan (ca) Tracció		17.4938
7	Japanese (ja) トラクション		15.0845
8	Hindi (hi) कर्षण (इंजीनियरी)		9.5964
9	Indonesian (id) Traksi		8.7372
10	Portuguese (pt) Tração (transportes)		8.0706

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Traction (engineering)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Spanish (es) Tracción		1 629 620
2	English (en) Traction (mechanics)		1 294 666
3	Italian (it) Aderenza		155 442
4	German (de) Traktion (Antrieb)		75 616
5	Indonesian (id) Traksi		57 411
6	Portuguese (pt) Tração (transportes)		46 871
7	Catalan (ca) Tracció		37 580
8	Japanese (ja) トラクション		21 714
9	Swedish (sv) Traktion		12 671
10	Norwegian (no) Traksjon		9 205

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Traction (engineering)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Traction (mechanics)		2 913
2	Spanish (es) Tracción		531
3	Japanese (ja) トラクション		430
4	Simple English (simple) Traction (engineering)		288
5	Italian (it) Aderenza		211
6	German (de) Traktion (Antrieb)		201
7	Indonesian (id) Traksi		54
8	Portuguese (pt) Tração (transportes)		44
9	Catalan (ca) Tracció		32
10	Norwegian (no) Traksjon		29

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Traction (engineering)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Traction (mechanics)		90
2	Spanish (es) Tracción		46
3	Italian (it) Aderenza		28
4	Norwegian (no) Traksjon		22
5	Portuguese (pt) Tração (transportes)		14
6	German (de) Traktion (Antrieb)		12
7	Catalan (ca) Tracció		8
8	Arabic (ar) الجر (هندسة)		5
9	Basque (eu) Trakzio		4
10	Persian (fa) کشش (مهندسی)		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Traction (engineering)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Italian (it) Aderenza		1
2	Arabic (ar) الجر (هندسة)		0
3	Catalan (ca) Tracció		0
4	Danish (da) Traktion		0
5	German (de) Traktion (Antrieb)		0
6	English (en) Traction (mechanics)		0
7	Spanish (es) Tracción		0
8	Basque (eu) Trakzio		0
9	Persian (fa) کشش (مهندسی)		0
10	Hindi (hi) कर्षण (इंजीनियरी)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Traction (engineering)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Traction (mechanics)		277
2	Spanish (es) Tracción		163
3	Italian (it) Aderenza		121
4	Catalan (ca) Tracció		87
5	German (de) Traktion (Antrieb)		67
6	Japanese (ja) トラクション		40
7	Portuguese (pt) Tração (transportes)		38
8	Basque (eu) Trakzio		36
9	Norwegian (no) Traksjon		18
10	Persian (fa) کشش (مهندسی)		16

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الجر (هندسة)
ca	Catalan Tracció
da	Danish Traktion
de	German Traktion (Antrieb)
en	English Traction (mechanics)
es	Spanish Tracción
eu	Basque Trakzio
fa	Persian کشش (مهندسی)
hi	Hindi कर्षण (इंजीनियरी)
id	Indonesian Traksi
it	Italian Aderenza
ja	Japanese トラクション
no	Norwegian Traksjon
pt	Portuguese Tração (transportes)
simple	Simple English Traction (engineering)
sv	Swedish Traktion

Best Rank

Simple English: #2134 07.2024

Global: #68860 10.2013

Best Rank

Simple English: #5725 08.2015

Global: #67231 11.2016

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