extract

Definitions


[ɛkˈstrakt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- remove or take out, especially by effort or force
(e.g: the fossils are extracted from the chalk)

- calculate (a root of a number)
(e.g: early computers had an instruction to extract a square root)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’


[ˈɛkstrakt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music
(e.g: an extract from a historical film)

- a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form
(e.g: natural plant extracts)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’




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