Extraction Meaning
/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
nounSomething extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
Sentence Examples
Is there any other way besides extraction?
Today we heard a story about biogas extraction.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The dentist performed a difficult ____ of the impacted molar.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of oil from the deep-sea well is a complex and expensive technical process.
Word Origin & History
From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them."
— 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
"Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ..."
— 2014, Larissa Remennick, Russian Israelis: Social Mobility, Politics and Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 144:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dentist performed a difficult ____ of the impacted molar.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of oil from the deep-sea well is a complex and expensive technical process.