English > extraction: 3 senses > noun 1, process| Meaning | The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means. |
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| Narrower | decoction | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling |
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| dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation | The process of extracting moisture |
| elution | The process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions) |
| infusion | The process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) |
| mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation | crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
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| Verbs | extract | extract by the process of distillation |
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| extract | separate (a metal) from an ore |