Found 3 items, similar to extraction.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: extraction keturunan, pencabutan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: extraction extraction n 1: the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means 2: properties attributable to your ancestry; “he comes from good origins” [syn: origin, descent] 3: the act of pulling out (as a tooth); “the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Extraction Extraction \Ex*trac"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. [1913 Webster] 2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. “A family of ancient extraction.” --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is extracted; extract; essence. [1913 Webster] They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]