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Extract
ɪkˈstrakt
Extract definitions
verb
extract
extracted
extracting
extracts
- remove or take out, especially by effort or force
"the fossils are extracted from the chalk"
- obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method
"lead was extracted from the copper"
- obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it
"I won't let you go without trying to extract a promise from you"
- select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction
"the table is extracted from the report"
- derive (an idea) from a body of information
"there are few attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the disciplines"
- calculate (a root of a number)
"early computers had an instruction to extract a square root"