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ex⋅trac⋅tor

[ik-strak-ter]
–noun
1. a person or thing that extracts.
2. (in a firearm or cannon) the mechanism that, after firing, pulls an empty or unfired cartridge or shell case out of the chamber and brings it into place for action by the ejector.
3. a centrifuge for spinning wet laundry so as to remove excess water.
4. Medicine/Medical, Dentistry. an instrument for drawing out, extracting, or pulling.

Origin:
1605–15; extract + -or 2
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ex·tract   (ĭk-strākt')   
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.

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

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

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

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

n.   (ěk'strākt')
Something extracted, especially:
a. A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.

[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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Main Entry: ex·trac·tor
Pronunciation: ik-'strak-t&r, 'ek-"strak-
Function: noun
1 : an instrument used in extraction (as of atooth)
2 : an apparatus for extracting substances by means of solvents
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extractor ex·trac·tor (ĭk-strāk'tər)
n.
An instrument used for drawing or pulling out any natural part or a foreign body.

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