extractor

ex·tract

 (ĭk-străkt′)

tr.v. ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts

1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.

2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.

3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.

4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.

5.

a. To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.

b. To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).

c. To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.

6. Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).

n. (ĕk′străkt′)

Something extracted, especially:

a. A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.

b. A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, flavoring, or other substance; a concentrate: maple extract.


[Middle English extracten, from Latin extrahere, extract- : ex-, ex- + trahere, to draw.]


ex·tract′a·ble, ex·tract′i·ble adj.

ex·trac′tor n.

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extractor

(ɪkˈstræktə)

n

1. a person or thing that extracts

2. (Mechanical Engineering) an instrument for pulling something out or removing tight-fitting components

3. (Chemical Engineering) a device for extracting liquid from a solid, esp a centrifugal dryer

5. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a fitting in many firearms for removing spent cartridges from the chamber

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ex•trac•tor

(ɪkˈstræk tər)

n.

1. a person or thing that extracts.

2. (in a firearm or cannon) the mechanism that pulls the spent cartridge or shell case from the chamber.

[1605–15]

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Translations

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extractor

[ɪkˈstræktər] n

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extractor

n (for juice) → Presse f, → Entsafter m; (in kitchen) → Dunstabzug m; (for dust) → Sauganlage f; (of gun)Auszieher m

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