extraction
1extraction — [ ɛkstraksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; estration XIIe (sens II); du lat. extractum → extracteur I ♦ 1 ♦ Action d extraire, de retirer (une chose) d un lieu (où elle se trouve enfouie ou enfoncée). Extraction de sable, de pierres dans une carrière. Puits d …
2Extraction — may refer to: *Extraction (dental), surgical removal of a tooth from the mouth *Extraction (fragrance), obtaining fragrant oils and compounds from odorous raw materials *Extraction (military), removal of someone from a hostile area to a secure… …
3extraction — Extraction. s. f. v. Operation de Chymie, par laquelle on tire les sels, les huiles, &c. des corps mixtes. L extraction des sels. cela se fait par extraction. Il signifie aussi dans l Arithmetique, l Operation par laquelle on tire les racines des …
4Extraction — 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. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
5extraction — UK US /ɪkˈstrækʃən/ noun [U] ► PRODUCTION, NATURAL RESOURCES the process of removing a substance from the ground or from another substance: »The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction. »Hard rock mining refers to the… …
6extraction — [n1] removal from whole; distillation abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, eradication, evocation, evulsion, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal, wrenching, wresting; concept 211… …
7extraction — [ek strak′shən, ikstrak′shən] n. [ME extraccioun < ML extractio] 1. the act or process of extracting; specif., the extracting of a tooth by a dentist 2. origin; lineage; descent [of Navajo extraction] 3. a thing extracted; extract …
8Extraction — (v. lat.), das Ausziehen. Extractionspresse, Realsche Presse …
9extraction — index birth (lineage), blood, bloodline, degree (kinship), derivation, descent (lineage) …
10extraction — early 15c., from O.Fr. estraction (12c.) or directly from M.L. extractionem (nom. extractio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. extrahere (see EXTRACT (Cf. extract) (v.)) …
