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ex·trac·tion  (k-strkshn)

n.

1. The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

2. Something obtained by extracting; an extract.

3. Origin; lineage: of Spanish extraction.

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extraction

Noun

1. the act or an instance of extracting

2. the removal of a tooth by a dentist: few patients need an extraction

3. the origin or ancestry of a person: he is of German extraction

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means decoction - (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling drying up, evaporation, desiccation, dehydration - the process of extracting moisture elution - the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions infusion - the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) beneficiation, mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing - crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
	2.	extraction - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" descent, origin ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline full blood - descent from parents both of one pure breed
	3.	extraction - the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"

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extraction

noun 1. origin, family, ancestry, descent, race, stock, blood, birth, pedigree, lineage, parentage, derivation

noun 2. taking out, drawing, pulling, withdrawal, removal, uprooting, extirpation

noun 3. distillation, separation, derivation

Translations

extraction [ɪkˈstrækʃən] n → extracción f (origin) → origen m

extraction [ɪkˈstrækʃən] n → extraction f

extraction [ɪksˈtrækʃən] extract n (see vb) → Ziehen nt; Gewinnung f; Herausziehen nt; Herausholen nt; Abringen nt;

(Dentistry) → Extraktion f;

(descent) → Herkunft f, Abstammung f;

to be of Scottish extraction, to be Scottish by extraction extract → schottischer Herkunft or Abstammung sein

extraction [ɪkˈstrækʃən] n → estrazione f (= descent); origine f