| NOUN | process | extraction | the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
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| attribute | extraction, origin, descent | properties attributable to your ancestry | |
| act | extraction | the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) |
| Sounds | ihkstrae'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means. | |
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| Narrower | decoction | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling |
| dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation | 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) | |
| infusion | The process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) | |
| mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation | crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques | |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | extracción | |
| Catalan | extracció | |
| Verbs | extract | extract by the process of distillation |
| extract | separate (a metal) from an ore | |
| Meaning | Properties attributable to your ancestry. | |
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| Synonyms | origin, descent | |
| Narrower | full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
| Broader | ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| Spanish | ascendencia, cuna, extracción, origen | |
| Catalan | ascendència, cuna, origen | |
| Meaning | The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force). | |
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| Example | "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" | |
| Broader | removal, remotion | The act of removing |
| Spanish | extracción | |
| Catalan | extracció | |
| Verbs | extract | remove, usually with some force or effort |
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