Extraction
noun
The act of removing or getting something out, especially by force.
The dentist is prepared for the extraction of my wisdom tooth.
Often appears as...
- dental extraction
- oil extraction
noun
A substance that is obtained from a plant, flower, etc.
The fruit juice is made by extraction of natural juices from fresh fruits.
Often appears as...
- chemical extraction
- extraction process
noun
Lineage or ancestry.
Her father is of French extraction.
Often appears as...
- of common extraction
- noble extraction
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Neutral
noun
In mining, extraction is the process of removing valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth.
The extraction of coal from the mine has become more difficult in recent years.
Often appears as...
- coal extraction
- mineral extraction
noun
The action of extracting and isolating a variable from a formula or equation.
The extraction of square roots is a basic concept in algebra.
Often appears as...
- root extraction
- extraction process
noun
The act of removing or getting something out, especially by force.
The dentist is prepared for the extraction of my wisdom tooth.
Often appears as...
- dental extraction
- oil extraction
noun
A substance that is obtained from a plant, flower, etc.
The fruit juice is made by extraction of natural juices from fresh fruits.
Often appears as...
- chemical extraction
- extraction process
noun
Lineage or ancestry.
Her father is of French extraction.
Often appears as...
- of common extraction
- noble extraction
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
In mining, extraction is the process of removing valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth.
The extraction of coal from the mine has become more difficult in recent years.
Often appears as...
- coal extraction
- mineral extraction
noun
The action of extracting and isolating a variable from a formula or equation.
The extraction of square roots is a basic concept in algebra.
Often appears as...
- root extraction
- extraction process
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Often Forceful
Extraction implies a forceful action, like pulling something out with effort or difficulty.
Extraction of the car from the mud took hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Although often physical, extraction can also refer to abstract removals, such as data.
The extraction of relevant information from the article was challenging.
Pro Tip 3/3Can Be Destructive
Extraction sometimes suggests that the object being removed might be destroyed or altered.
During the demolition, careful extraction of windows was required.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Forceful
Extraction implies a forceful action, like pulling something out with effort or difficulty.
Extraction of the car from the mud took hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Although often physical, extraction can also refer to abstract removals, such as data.
The extraction of relevant information from the article was challenging.
Pro Tip 3/3Can Be Destructive
Extraction sometimes suggests that the object being removed might be destroyed or altered.
During the demolition, careful extraction of windows was required.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Forceful
Extraction implies a forceful action, like pulling something out with effort or difficulty.
Extraction of the car from the mud took hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Although often physical, extraction can also refer to abstract removals, such as data.
The extraction of relevant information from the article was challenging.
Pro Tip 3/3Can Be Destructive
Extraction sometimes suggests that the object being removed might be destroyed or altered.
During the demolition, careful extraction of windows was required.
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Pointing to the future...
At the moment, our early-adopter customers -- and these systems are deployed out in the real world -- do all the big data intensive, data heavy problems with it. So, whether it's logistics and supply chain management or natural gas and resource extraction, financial services, pharmaceuticals, bioinformatics,
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Time is memory and you...
thought the first took longer and some of you may have thought the second took longer but the important thing to glean from this example is that time does not exist at least not in the way that we might think if you're looking at your watch but instead it's an extraction based on reality and it's related to
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
affects the natural environment. So we go all the way back to the extraction of raw materials, and then we look at manufacturing, we look at packaging and transportation, use, and end of life, and at every single one of these stages, the things that we do
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How we can turn the tide...
They way we go about our life and the way that businesses are created is extract, use, discard, extract, use, discard. That's a simplification, but honestly, it's about as simple as that. And to understand that that linear extraction to discard
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This Sanctuary Wants To...
this fuel extraction there's gas extraction and these are all infrastructures that disturbing there and certainly the woodland populations of ranging caribou are on the decline but as an animal as a species numbers-wise they're certainly not
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The incredible...
And we'll move away from extraction to embrace aggregation. I also think we'll shift from craving obedience from our things to valuing autonomy. Thanks to our augmented capabilities, our world is going to change dramatically.
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The ingredient in almost...
And at the industrial scale, these proteins can be used in various ways to help make processed foods. Soy fats may be even more versatile. In one extraction method, soybeans are dried, cleaned, and then fed into an extruder.
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Leap of Faith PIPE National...
these crevasses kind of the first deep for rasp we've run into looks like it goes on a long ways here too I don't see where the practice one that goes plenty far down there sure dies extraction is now only two miles
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Climate change will...
Our social, political and economic systems of extraction must be transformed into systems that regenerate the earth and advance human liberty globally. It is arrogance to think that technology will save us.
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The case against "good"...
Esteemed members of the jury, I submit the following words for immediate and violent execution and extraction from our vocabularies, to be locked away forever, if you would prefer.
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Pointing to the future...
At the moment, our early-adopter customers -- and these systems are deployed out in the real world -- do all the big data intensive, data heavy problems with it. So, whether it's logistics and supply chain management or natural gas and resource extraction, financial services, pharmaceuticals, bioinformatics,
Video examples
Time is memory and you...
thought the first took longer and some of you may have thought the second took longer but the important thing to glean from this example is that time does not exist at least not in the way that we might think if you're looking at your watch but instead it's an extraction based on reality and it's related to
Video examples
Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
affects the natural environment. So we go all the way back to the extraction of raw materials, and then we look at manufacturing, we look at packaging and transportation, use, and end of life, and at every single one of these stages, the things that we do
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
They way we go about our life and the way that businesses are created is extract, use, discard, extract, use, discard. That's a simplification, but honestly, it's about as simple as that. And to understand that that linear extraction to discard
Video examples
This Sanctuary Wants To...
this fuel extraction there's gas extraction and these are all infrastructures that disturbing there and certainly the woodland populations of ranging caribou are on the decline but as an animal as a species numbers-wise they're certainly not
Video examples
The incredible...
And we'll move away from extraction to embrace aggregation. I also think we'll shift from craving obedience from our things to valuing autonomy. Thanks to our augmented capabilities, our world is going to change dramatically.
Video examples
The ingredient in almost...
And at the industrial scale, these proteins can be used in various ways to help make processed foods. Soy fats may be even more versatile. In one extraction method, soybeans are dried, cleaned, and then fed into an extruder.
Video examples
Leap of Faith PIPE National...
these crevasses kind of the first deep for rasp we've run into looks like it goes on a long ways here too I don't see where the practice one that goes plenty far down there sure dies extraction is now only two miles
Video examples
Climate change will...
Our social, political and economic systems of extraction must be transformed into systems that regenerate the earth and advance human liberty globally. It is arrogance to think that technology will save us.
Video examples
The case against "good"...
Esteemed members of the jury, I submit the following words for immediate and violent execution and extraction from our vocabularies, to be locked away forever, if you would prefer.
Example 1 of 10
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.
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Anohni
English Musician
For millennia, men have enslaved women and attempted to appropriate female creative power, re-casting themselves as gods and creators. This assault continues today in the forms of ruthless wealth and mineral extraction, genetic engineering, mass surveillance, and war mongering.
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Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
There are those of us that believe if you truly want to try drive down the cost of gas, if you really want to solve the problem, then you should be pursuing the extraction of our resources that are right here at home: alternative energy and traditional.
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Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean Statesman
The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.
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Johan Eliasch
Swedish Businessman
Timber extraction provides big profits at the expense of local communities. Providing communities with unfettered access to harvest a forest that is protected in perpetuity provides better and more reliable incomes.
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Julian Treasure
American
Let's define listening as making meaning from sound. It's a mental process, and it's a process of extraction. We use some pretty cool techniques to do this. One of them is pattern recognition.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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David Malpass
American Economist
Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him... My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.
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Bono
Irish Singer
The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.
Quote examples
Anohni
English Musician
For millennia, men have enslaved women and attempted to appropriate female creative power, re-casting themselves as gods and creators. This assault continues today in the forms of ruthless wealth and mineral extraction, genetic engineering, mass surveillance, and war mongering.
Quote examples
Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
There are those of us that believe if you truly want to try drive down the cost of gas, if you really want to solve the problem, then you should be pursuing the extraction of our resources that are right here at home: alternative energy and traditional.
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Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean Statesman
The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.
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Johan Eliasch
Swedish Businessman
Timber extraction provides big profits at the expense of local communities. Providing communities with unfettered access to harvest a forest that is protected in perpetuity provides better and more reliable incomes.
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Julian Treasure
American
Let's define listening as making meaning from sound. It's a mental process, and it's a process of extraction. We use some pretty cool techniques to do this. One of them is pattern recognition.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction that destroys entire ecosystems while targeting a few species.
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David Malpass
American Economist
Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him... My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.
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Bono
Irish Singer
The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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