Definition of Extraction
Extraction
ex·trac·tion
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
the action or process of removing something by exerting considerable force or effort, i.e. the action or process of extracting something;
e.g. He was an expert at chemical extraction of the metal from its ore.
(noun)
something that is removed forcibly or extracted from something else;
e.g. The extraction obtained from the process is collected in a small beaker.
(noun)
a person's ethnic origin or ancestry;
e.g. They are all of Italian extraction.
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