extraction
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(noun) the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
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Related Words: action, activity, beneficiation, dehydration, dessication, drying up, evaporation, mineral dressing, mineral processing, natural action, natural process, ore dressing, ore processing |
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(noun) the act of extracting something |
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Synonyms: abstraction |
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Related Words: remotion, removal |
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(noun) properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" |
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Synonyms: descent, origin |
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Related Words: ancestry, derivation, filiation, full blood, lineage |
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