What does extraction mean?

Definitions for extraction
ɪkˈstræk ʃənex·trac·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. extractionnoun

    the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

  2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

    properties attributable to your ancestry

    "he comes from good origins"

  3. extractionnoun

    the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)

    "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"

Wiktionary

  1. extractionnoun

    An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

  2. extractionnoun

    A person's origin or ancestry.

  3. extractionnoun

    Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.

  4. extractionnoun

    An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.

  5. extractionnoun

    A removal of a tooth from its socket.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Extractionnoun

    Etymology: extractio, Latin.

    Although the charge of extraction should exceed the worth, at least it will discover nature and possibility. Francis Bacon.

    They have fallen upon the distillations of waters, extractions of oils, and such like experiments unknown to the ancients. George Hakewill, on Providence.

    It would not defray the charge and labour of the extraction, and must needs be all irretrievably lost. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

    One whose extraction’s from an ancient line,
    Gives hope again that well-born men may shine;
    The meanest in your nature mild and good,
    The noble rest secured in your blood. Edmund Waller.

    A family of an ancient extraction, transported with the conqueror out of Normandy. Edward Hyde.

ChatGPT

  1. extraction

    Extraction is the process of obtaining or obtaining something, especially by effort or method, from a substance, source or environment. It often involves the separation of a substance from a matrix or mixture using physical or chemical methods. It's commonly used in various industries such as mining, oil drilling, or in food and beverage production to draw out essential components.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Extractionnoun

    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. Extractionnoun

    derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended

  3. Extractionnoun

    that which is extracted; extract; essence

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. extraction.]

Wikidata

  1. Extraction

    In military tactics, extraction, is the process of removing personnel when it is considered imperative that they be immediately relocated out of a hostile environment and taken to a secure area. There are primarily two kinds of extraction: Hostile: The subject involved is unwilling and is being moved by forceful coercion with the expectation of resistance. Essentially, it is kidnapping by military or intelligence forces. Friendly: The subject involved is willing and is expected to cooperate with the personnel in the operation. An example of a hostile extraction was the capture of the German Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, by Israel's Mossad agents on May 11, 1960 and was forcibly transported to Israel for trial. An example of a friendly extraction was the joint U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-Canadian government operation to smuggle six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran in 1980 in an operation later known as the Canadian Caper.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of extraction in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of extraction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of extraction in a Sentence

  1. Gavin Newsom:

    These are necessary steps to strengthen oversight of oil and gas extraction as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean energy sources.

  2. Vikas Swarup:

    Our partnership is not focused on an exploitative or extraction point of view, but is one that focuses on Africa's needs and India's strengths.

  3. Jennifer Wilcox:

    This is really focused on coal, but it doesn't mean that what we learn from the chemical, physical, thermal extraction processes we're investing in -- that they can't also be applied to other energy resources as well, that's what we would like to see in the future.

  4. Pete Arredondo:

    I didn’t issue any orders, i called for assistance and asked for an extraction tool to open the door.

  5. Rene Kallies:

    We have a high, high volume of waste waters and it is a challenge to find the traces of the virus in the waste waters, so we have liters and we have to scale it down to microliters to get a sufficient amount for RNA extraction and that's the challenge.

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Translations for extraction

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  • استخلاصArabic
  • вадене, изваждане, произходBulgarian
  • trhání, původCzech
  • sukujuuri, uuttaminen, syntyperä, evakuointi, vetäminenFinnish
  • extractionFrench
  • pochodzenie, usunięcie, wydobywaniePolish
  • extracţieRomanian

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