What does extraction in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word extraction in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use extraction in French.

The word extraction in French means extraction, extraction, distillation, extraction, extraction, extraction, data retrieval. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word extraction

extraction

nom féminin (retrait)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'extraction du gaz de schiste est très controversée.
The extraction of shale gas is very controversial.

extraction, distillation

nom féminin (récupération)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La vapeur d'eau permet l'extraction du parfum des plantes.
Steam enables extraction of perfume from plants.

extraction

nom féminin (retrait de [qch])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le dentiste procède à l'extraction de la dent de sagesse.
The dentist is carrying out the extraction of the wisdom tooth.

extraction

nom féminin (littéraire (classe sociale) (formal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'est un homme d'extraction modeste.
He is a man of modest extraction.

extraction

nom féminin (maths (calcul d'une racine) (Mathematics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il ne faut pas longtemps pour faire l'extraction de la racine cubique de vingt-sept.
It doesn't take long to do the extraction of the square root of twenty-seven.

data retrieval

nom féminin (retirer des informations) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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