Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: descent, origin

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

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