distraction

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1) Something that distracts.
 * 2) The process of being distracted.
 * 3) Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
 * 4) * 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
 * It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.
 * 1) Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
 * 2)  Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
 * 1) Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
 * 2) * 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
 * It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.
 * 1) Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
 * 2)  Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
 * 1)  Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
 * 1)  Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.

Related terms

 * distracter
 * distractee

Translations

 * Asturian: distraición
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: distracció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: distraktion, afledning
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, häiriötekijä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: pengalih
 * Irish: cur isteach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: pīroiroi
 * Occitan: distraccion
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: สิ่งเบี่ยงเบนความสนใจ


 * Asturian: distraición
 * Bulgarian: отвличане,
 * Catalan: distracció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: seachmhall
 * Latin: avocatio
 * Maltese: aljenazzjoni
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:


 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: seachrán
 * Spanish:


 * French:
 * Italian:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) entertainment
 * 1) entertainment