extraction

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. Source: opted

3. n. That which is extracted; extract; essence. Source: opted

4. n. the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means Source: wordnet

5. n. properties attributable to your ancestry Source: wordnet

6. n. the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) Source: wordnet

7. 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

8. n:100 n. the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means n. the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) Source: ecdict

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