extraction

Noun

extraction (countable and uncountable, plural extractions)

1. The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
2. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
   • They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   extract

3. A person's origin or ancestry.
   • 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. ...2014, Larissa Remennick, Russian Israelis: Social Mobility, Politics and Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 144

   Synonyms:

   descent, lineage

4. The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
5. The removal of a tooth from its socket.
6. (coffee preparation, by ellipsis) The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.