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extract
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[ verb ] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Examples "pull weeds" "extract a bad tooth" "take out a splinter" "extract information from the telegram" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)Theoretically , they are capable of extracting their required oxygen either from the surrounding air ( Ghoreyeb and Karsner , ' 13 ) or from pulmonary arterial blood ( Comroe , ' 58 ) . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)( 2 ) The conjugates as_well_as the intermediate sera were absorbed for 30_minutes with 20 - 50 mg of proteins extracted from healthy sweet_clover stems . The proteins were extracted with 3 volumes of * * f in * * f to give a nearly neutral extract and precipitated by 80 % saturation with * * f . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Argiento made him lie_down on the bed , brought a pan of hot water , dipped some clean white linen cloth and applied it to extract the splinter . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)There she extracted two limp vellum sheets and wrote_off the letters , one to Abel , one to Mark . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)This connection was clarified by Smith and Smith ( 1922 ) , who showed that saline extracts of fresh bovine pituitary_glands could re-activate the atrophied thyroids of hypophysectomised tadpoles . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The proteins were extracted with 3 volumes of * * f in * * f to give a nearly neutral extract and precipitated by 80 % saturation with * * f . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (chemistry) extract by the process of distillation
Examples "distill the essence of this compound" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The mixture was then extracted with alkali and with water following which the carbon_tetrachloride was distilled on a Vigreux column , a 25 % center cut being retained which was then degassed under vacuum in the presence of * * f . Related terms make moonshine chemistry distill distillation distillate distillery |
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[ verb ] deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Examples "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)As a boy Roy_Mason began the long process of extracting the goodness of the out-of-doors , its tang of weather , its change of seasons , its variable moods . Related terms |
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[ verb ] get despite difficulties or obstacles
Examples : "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions" Used in print (The New York Times...)But , even if Mr._Sansom labors too hard to extract more refinements of meaning and feeling from his travel experiences than the limits of language allow , he still can charm and astound . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) calculate the root of a number
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