extractability Definition

extract
verb extracted, extracting

1. To pull or draw something out, especially by force or with effort.

Thesaurus: extort, extricate, remove, wrest, wring, uproot.
2. To separate (a substance) from a liquid or solid mixture.
3. To derive (pleasure, etc).

Thesaurus: elicit, derive, obtain, get, secure, draw.
4. To obtain (money, etc) by threats or violence.
5. To select (passages from a book, etc).

Thesaurus: cite, excerpt, quote, cull, glean.

noun

1. A passage selected from a book, etc.

Thesaurus: excerpt, selection, passage, citation, quotation, abstract.
2. chem.
A substance that is separated from a liquid or solid mixture by using heat, solvents or distillation, etc.
Thesaurus: essence, distillation, concentrate, infusion.

Derivative: extractable
adj

Derivative: extractability
noun

Derivative: extractor

A person or thing that extracts.

An extractor fan.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin extrahere, extractum to draw out.