Definitions for Extractionɪkˈstræk ʃən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ex•trac•tionɪkˈstræk ʃən(n.)
an act or instance of extracting something.
descent; ancestry:
of foreign extraction.
something extracted; extract.
Origin of extraction:
1375–1425; late ME < LL
Princeton's WordNet
extraction(noun)
the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
origin, descent, extraction(noun)
properties attributable to your ancestry
"he comes from good origins"
extraction(noun)
the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
"the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
Wiktionary
extraction(Noun)
An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
extraction(Noun)
A person's origin or ancestry.
extraction(Noun)
Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
extraction(Noun)
An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
extraction(Noun)
A removal of a tooth from its socket.
Webster Dictionary
Extraction(noun)
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
Extraction(noun)
derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended
Extraction(noun)
that which is extracted; extract; essence
Translations for Extraction
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- afkomsAfrikaans
- أصْل، نَسَبArabic
- потеклоBulgarian
- descendênciaPortuguese (BR)
- původCzech
- die AbstammungGerman
- afstamning; oprindelseDanish
- καταγωγήGreek
- origenSpanish
- sünnipäraEstonian
- تبار؛ اصل و نسبFarsi
- sukuperäFinnish
- origineFrench
- מוֹצָאHebrew
- निष्कर्ष, सार, निचोड़Hindi
- rasa, rodCroatian
- származásHungarian
- ras, keturunanIndonesian
- uppruni;ætterniIcelandic
- origineItalian
- 血統Japanese
- 태생Korean
- kilmėLithuanian
- izcelsmeLatvian
- keterunanMalay
- afkomstDutch
- herkomst,ætt, avstamningNorwegian
- pochodzeniePolish
- تبار؛ اصل و نسبPersian
- اصل او نسبPashto
- descendênciaPortuguese
- origineRomanian
- происхождениеRussian
- pôvodSlovak
- izvorSlovenian
- porekloSerbian
- börd, härkomstSwedish
- เชื้อสายThai
- soyTurkish
- 血統Chinese (Trad.)
- походженняUkrainian
- نسل ، مخرجUrdu
- nguồn gốcVietnamese
- 血统Chinese (Simp.)
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