English Online Dictionary. What means extraction? What does extraction mean?
English
Etymology
From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/
- Rhymes: -ækʃən
Noun
extraction (countable and uncountable, plural extractions)
- An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
- Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
- (dated) A person's origin or ancestry.
- (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
- (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
Synonyms
- (origin, ancestry): descent, lineage
- (something extracted): extract, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
Derived terms
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
extraction f (plural extractions)
- extraction
Further reading
- “extraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.