extraction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: extraction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for extraction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extraction n the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" Synonym(s): origin, descent, extraction the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extraction \Extrac"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. [bd]A family of ancient extraction.[b8] --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.