extraction

Definition

The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

Etymology

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

Example Sentences

• "They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them."
• "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. ..."