EXTRACTION

extraction

(noun) the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); “the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction”

origin, descent, extraction

(noun) properties attributable to your ancestry; “he comes from good origins”

extraction

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

extraction (countable and uncountable, plural extractions)

An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

A person's origin or ancestry.

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

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

(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

Synonyms

• (origin, ancestry): descent, lineage

• (something extracted): extract, reduction; See also decrement

Anagrams

• tetraxonic

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*trac"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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