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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 [ɪkˈstrækʃən]

n

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

2. something extracted; an extract

3. (Medicine / Dentistry)

a.  the act or an instance of extracting a tooth or teeth

b.  a tooth or teeth extracted

4. (Sociology) origin, descent, lineage, or ancestry 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 He married a young lady of Indian extraction.

2. taking out, drawing, pulling, withdrawal, removal, uprooting, extirpation the extraction of wisdom teeth

3. distillation, separation, derivation High temperatures are used during the extraction of cooking oils.

Translations

extraction [ɪksˈtrækʃən] N (gen) → extracción f
of Spanish extraction → de extracción española

extraction [ɪkˈstrækʃ^ən] n

(= descent) to be of Scottish extraction → être d'origine écossaise
Welsh by extraction → d'origine galloise

[tooth] → extraction f

[mineral, coal] → extraction f

extraction

n

(= process of extracting) → Herausnehmen nt; (of cork etc) → (Heraus)ziehen nt; (of juice, minerals, oil, DNA, energy) → Gewinnung f; (of bullet, foreign body) → Entfernung f; (of information, secrets) → Entlocken nt; (of confession, money) → Herausholen nt; (of permission, promise, concession) → Abringen nt, → Erlangen nt

(Dentistry: = act of extracting) → (Zahn)ziehen nt, → Extraktion f (spec); he had to have an extraction → ihm musste ein Zahn gezogen werden

(= descent) → Herkunft f, → Abstammung f; of Spanish extraction → spanischer Herkunft or Abstammung

extraction [ɪksˈtrækʃ/ən] n → estrazione f; (descent) → origine f
of German extraction → di origine tedesca

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extraction [ɪksˈtrækʃ/ən] n → estrazione f; (descent) → origine f
of German extraction → di origine tedesca