Protraction /(?)/

Pro·trac·tion

Protraction

n.
  1. A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate.
    A protraction only of what is worst in life.
    — Mallock.
  2. The act or process of making a plot on paper. (Surv.)