Process or method for collecting, isolating, or removing any substance from a source material, whether bioactive or not. Extracting cannabis compounds into a concentrated substance using solvents such as water, ethanol, or Carbon Dioxide (or CO2), or physical separation such as sieving or friction to remove trichomes.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
extraction (noun)1.
the act or process of something - extracting
2.
- ancestry origin a family of French extraction
3.
something - extracted
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
extraction (noun)the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
SYNONYMS:
birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strainRELATED WORDS:
heredity, succession; family, house; kin, kindred, relations, relatives; raceNEAR ANTONYMS:
offspring; child, heir, inheritor, son, successorExtraction (Wikipedia)
Extraction may refer to:
Extraction (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/
- Rhymes: -ækʃən
Noun
extraction (countable and uncountable, plural extractions)
- The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
- Coordinate term: abstraction
- Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
- A person's origin or ancestry.
- (military) The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
- (dentistry)
Seclusion, Detachment, Segregation, Refinement, Extraction