| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To remove, withdraw, eradicate, extirpate or unpick.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To draw, pull, elicit, derive or educe. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To lift or hoist. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To evolve, shoot or slip. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To resume or recap. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To snatch or steal. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To take, deprive, carry, collect or deliver. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To drag or lug. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To pluck or pick.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb extract.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (extract) | 1. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "extract a bad tooth"; "extract information from the telegram".[Wordnet]. 2. Get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions".[Wordnet]. 3. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).[Wordnet]. 4. Extract by the process of distillation.[Wordnet]. 5. Separate (a metal) from an ore.[Wordnet]. 6. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.[Wordnet]. 7. Calculate the root of a number.[Wordnet]. 8. 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".[Wordnet]. 9. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it".[Wordnet]. 10. 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.[Websters]. 11. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.[Websters]. 12. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.[Websters]. 13. Base verb from the following inflections: extracting, extracted, extracts, extractor, extractors, extractingly and extractedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EXTRACTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1523. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXTRACTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Drawing or taking out.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of extract. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: extract
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Almond extract | Flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Aqueous extract | An extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Cola extract | A flavoring extracted from the kola nut. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Extract Interface | The Extract Interface re-factoring can be applied to one or many classes simultaneously. This re-factoring can increase the use of polymorphism as all classes that implement the extracted interface can be accessed using this interface. The process involves identifying all common Method names, the signature of each method is placed in a new Interface and the original classes are made to implement this interface. (references) | ||
| 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Goulards extract | An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Goulard's Extract | Goulard's Extract (also known as subacetate of lead) is a solution of lead acetate and lead oxide used as an astringent during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was named after its introducer, Thomas Goulard. Lead's carcinogenic properties, as well as the development of more effective astringents, led to doctors abandoning its use. (references) | ||
| Lemon extract | A flavoring made from (or imitating) lemons. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Liebig Extract of Meat Company | The Liebig Extract of Meat Company was the originator of Oxo beef stock cubes. It was named after Baron Justus von Liebig, the German-born 19th-century organic chemist who founded it. (references) | ||
| Peppermint extract | Peppermint extract is an herbal extract of peppermint (Mentha x piperita). It is commonly used as a dietary supplement and herbal or alternative medicine. The liquid is obtained by extracting some of the oils from the dried or fresh leaves and flowering tops of the plant using alcohol. It is commonly sold in 1 oz. or 4 oz. bottles. (references) | ||
| Rye Extract | A concentrated liquidfied form of Rye grass, Rye Extract is often used for medicinal purposes. (references) | ||
| Sneezer extract | Sneezer extract is a mass mailing option allowing you to analyze the recipients of your mailing. the seezers are the core of your mailing target, those having clicked on, read or forwarded the entirety of your messages. (references) | ||
| Tilden's Extract | Tildens Extract was a 19th century medicinal cannabis extract that the Laboratory of Tilden & Co. (references) | ||
| Vanilla extract | A flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: EXTRACTING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dust extracting plant | Physics | A plant which traps dust particles contained in the gas stream passing through it, either air or industrial gases exhausted to the atmosphere or air drawn into a room. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Extracting contact | Electrical Engineering | An antiblocking contact to a semiconductor in which a current flow results in a decrease of minority carrier density in the vicinity of the contact. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Extracting electrode | Electrical Engineering | An electrode placed between the cathode and the anode, which is at a positive potential in respect to the cathode and designed to extract the electrons emitted by the cathode. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Gas extracting valve | Physics | A valve which continuously extracts gas from the hydraulic part of a membrane pump. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Self Extracting Archive | Computing | ||
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