Definition of Extraction
Extraction
ex·trac·tion
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
The act of obtaining or removing something from a source or substance.
e.g. The dentist performed an extraction to remove the infected tooth.
(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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