Found 4 items, similar to Extract.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: extract
ekstrak
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: extract
bantun, ekstrak, kutipan, mencabutkan, mencatut, mencopot, sari
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: extract
extract
v 1: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also
used in an abstract sense;
“pull weeds”;
“extract a bad
tooth”;
“take out a splinter”;
“extract information from
the telegram” [syn:
pull out,
pull,
pull up,
take out
,
draw out]
2: get despite difficulties or obstacles;
“I extracted a
promise from the Dean for two ne positions”
3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
“We drew out
some interesting linguistic data from the native
informant” [syn:
educe,
evoke,
elicit,
draw out]
4: extract by the process of distillation;
“distill the essence
of this compound” [syn:
distill,
distil]
5: separate (a metal) from an ore
6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;
“Italians
express coffee rather than filter it” [syn:
press out,
express]
7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn:
excerpt,
take out]
8: calculate the root of a number
extract
n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance
(usually in water) [syn:
infusion]
2: a passage selected from a larger work;
“he presented
excerpts from William James' philosophical writings” [syn:
excerpt,
selection]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Extract
Extract
\Ex"tract`\, n.
1. That which is extracted or drawn out.
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2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a
citation; a quotation.
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3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out
from any substance that which gives it its essential and
characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef;
extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted,
and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as,
quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
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4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a
solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant;
-- distinguished from an abstract. See
Abstract, n., 4.
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5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed
to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called
also the
extractive principle. [Obs.]
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6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] --South.
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7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy
of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein,
with an order for execution. --Tomlins.
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Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation,
containing a definite proportion of the active principles
of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of
extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.
Extract
\Ex*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Extracted; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to
extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See
Trace, and cf.
Estreat.]
1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from
a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to
extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a
splinter from the finger.
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The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. --Milton.
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2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence.
Cf.
Abstract, v. t., 6.
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Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the
process is tedious.
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3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as
a passage from a book.
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I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few
notorious falsehoods. --Swift.
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To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a
number or quantity.
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