Definitions for "Extract"
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
That which is extracted or drawn out.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
A passage taken from another book, article, etc. An excerpt from a book or pamphlet, etc. An excerpt of another author's writing. When an extract is used, it is often set in smaller type than that used for the main text, or indented differently. See also
a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
a passage from a literary work.
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
see tincture.
Another name for a tincture.
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
a collection of important sentences of a document, reproduced verbatim
any brief description of a document formed by selecting certain sentences from the document.
To pull out specific pages from a document, and to save those pages as a separate document.
To extract is to return a compressed file to its original state. Typically in order to view the contents of a compressed file, you must extract it first.
to unzip (decompress) files
To obtain. For example, to extract information from a file.
One of the CHAIMS language primitives used to obtain results from a megamodule method execution.
see DME
Keywords:
descent
Extraction; descent.
get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
High-Dispersion Boxcar Extraction Module
a major anti-cancer drug in Japan
an anti-irritant that provides a soothing sensation and is good for wound healing
A process by which files within an archive can be downloaded to your computer for viewing and editing.
To deflate an archive. See Archive.
a transcription of all the information held as an entry in the original records held by GRO(S)
To remove a selected area from an edited sequence and close the resulting gap in the sequence.
To remove or take out.
Remove a file from it's current position and restore it in a new location.
an antioxidant that helps maintain healthy cells in all parts of the body
Part of a text.
Wool Or Hair Recovered By The Wet Process Of Carbonization.
Choose relevant and/or appropriate details
separate (a metal) from an ore