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Extraction

Extraction Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Extraction? [n] the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" [n] properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" [n] the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means Synonyms \| Synonyms for Extraction: descent \| origin Related Terms \| Find terms related to Extraction: affiliation \| ancestry \| apparentation \| architecture \| assembly \| attraction \| attrition \| birth \| blood \| bloodline \| bolting \| branch \| breed \| building \| casting \| clarification \| colature \| common ancestry \| composition \| concentrate \| concentration \| consanguinity \| construction \| conversion \| crafting \| craftsmanship \| creation \| cultivation \| curtailment \| cut \| cutting \| decoction \| decrease \| decrement \| depletion \| depreciation \| deracination \| derivation \| derogation \| descent \| destructive distillation \| detraction \| devising \| diminution \| dip \| direct line \| disparagement \| distaff side \| distillate \| distillation \| draft \| drawing \| drayage \| edulcoration \| elaboration \| elixir \| elution \| elutriation \| eradication \| erection \| essence \| essentialization \| excerpt \| excerption \| extirpation \| extract \| extrication \| fabrication \| family \| fashioning \| female line \| filiation \| filtering \| filtration \| formation \| forming \| formulation \| framing \| growing \| handicraft \| handiwork \| harvesting \| haulage \| hauling \| heaving \| house \| impairment \| infusion \| leaching \| lessening \| line \| line of descent \| lineage \| lixiviation \| machining \| making \| male line \| manufacture \| manufacturing \| milling \| mining \| molding \| origin \| parentage \| passage \| pedigree \| percolation \| phylum \| prefabrication \| preparation \| processing \| producing \| pull \| pulling \| pulling power \| purification \| quintessence \| race \| raising \| reduction \| refinement \| refining \| remission \| removal \| retraction \| retrenchment \| riddling \| screening \| seed \| selected passage \| selection \| separation \| sept \| shaping \| shortening \| shrinkage \| side \| sieving \| sifting \| smelting \| spear side \| spindle side \| spirit \| spiritualization \| stem \| stirps \| stock \| strain \| straining \| sublimation \| succession \| sword side \| towage \| towing \| traction \| tractive power \| truncation \| tugging \| tug-of-war \| uprooting \| winnowing \| withdrawal \| workmanship See Also \| action \| activity \| ancestry \| beneficiation \| dehydration \| derivation \| desiccation \| drying up \| elution \| evaporation \| filiation \| full blood \| lineage \| mineral dressing \| mineral extraction \| mineral processing \| natural action \| natural process \| ore dressing \| ore processing \| remotion \| removal Extraction In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*trac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extraction.] 1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture. 2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. ``A family of ancient extraction.'' --Clarendon. 3. That which is extracted; extract; essence. They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. --Milton. {The extraction of roots}. (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.

Extraction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extraction?

[n] the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
[n] properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
[n] the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

Synonyms | Synonyms for Extraction: descent | origin

Extraction In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*trac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extraction.]
1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction
   of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a
   stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence
   or tincture.

2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent;
   birth; the stock from which one has descended. ``A family
   of ancient extraction.'' --Clarendon.

3. That which is extracted; extract; essence.

         They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest
         efficacy and extraction of that living intellect
         that bred them.                       --Milton.

{The extraction of roots}. (Math.)
   (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or
       quantity.
   (b) The method or rule by which the operation is
       performed; evolution.

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