Extraction
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Extraction may refer to:
In science and technology
In biology and medicine
- Comedo extraction, a method of acne treatment
- Dental extraction, the surgical removal of a tooth from the mouth
In computing and information science
- Data extraction, the process of retrieving data out of data sources
- The process of reversing data compression, a.k.a. decompression
- The process of choosing elements from a source document, in linguistics
Other uses in science and technology
- Extraction (chemistry), the separation of a substance from a matrix
- Extraction (wine), the amount of polyphenols leeched from the grape into the must
- Fragrance extraction, the process of obtaining fragrant oils and compounds from raw materials
- Resource extraction, the process of locating, acquiring and selling any resource
- Petroleum extraction, the process of recovering petroleum from the ground
- Ancestry or origin of a person
In arts and entertainment
- Extraction (album), by guitarist Greg Howe
- Extraction (film), a 2015 film
- "Extraction" (The Shield), an episode of the television series
- Dead Space: Extraction, a video game prequel to the 2008 game Dead Space
- "Extractions", a song by BS 2000 on the 2001 album Simply Mortified
- Dirty Bomb (video game), formerly known as Extraction
Other uses
- Extraction (military), the removal of someone from a hostile area to a secure location
- A part of the anatomy of a stroke, in rowing
See also
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