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Webster 1913 Edition
Extraction
Ex-trac′tion
,Noun.
[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 tincture2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extraction
EXTRAC'TION
,Noun.
1.
Descent; lineage; birth; derivation of persons from a stock or family. Hence,the stock or family from which one has descended. We say, a man is of a noble extraction.2.
In pharmacy, the operation of drawing essences, tinctures, &c. from a substance.3.
In arithmetic and algebra, the extraction of roots is the operation of finding the root of a given number of quantity; also, the method or rule by which the operation is performed.Definition 2024
extraction
extraction
English
Noun
extraction (plural extractions)
- An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
- A person's origin or ancestry.
- 2014, Larissa Remennick, Russian Israelis: Social Mobility, Politics and Culture, Routledge (ISBN 9781317977698), page 144
- Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ...
- 2014, Larissa Remennick, Russian Israelis: Social Mobility, Politics and Culture, Routledge (ISBN 9781317977698), page 144
- Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
- Milton
- They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
- Milton
- (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
- (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
Synonyms
Translations
act of extracting
one's origin, lineage or ancestry
extract obtained from a mixture or from a plant etc — see extract
military
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removal of a tooth from its socket