extraction

[Ex*trac·tion]

Extraction is the action of removing something. For example, when the dentist yanks out your rotten tooth, the extraction is complete!

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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.

Noun
the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"

Noun
properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

Noun
the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

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.

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

n.
That which is extracted; extract; essence.

Extraction

Ex*trac"tion , n. [Cf. F. extraction.] 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.

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.

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.

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Usage Examples

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

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