extractive

[ ik-strak-tiv ]

/ ɪkˈstræk tɪv /

adjective

tending or serving to extract, or based upon extraction: coal, oil, copper, and other extractive industries.

capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.

of, relating to, or involving extraction: extractive surgery.

of or of the nature of an extract.

noun

something extracted.

Nearby words

extracting forceps, extraction, extraction coefficient, extraction ratio, extractions, extractive, extractive metallurgy, extractor, extractor fan, extracurricular, extracystic

Origin of extractive

First recorded in 1590–1600; extract + -ive

Related forms

non·ex·trac·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for extractive

It contains resin, mucilage, a little free acid, colouring and extractive matter.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
This is particularly the case with substances abounding in extractive or astringent matter.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Extractive matter and tannin are particularly liable to a change of this kind, by the prolonged action of heat in the bath.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Laudanum is an alcoholic tincture, and morphine an extractive of opium; both are used as medicine.
Commercial Geography|Jacques W. Redway

These results in reference to extractive, etc., reveal nothing that has not been known before.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886|Various

British Dictionary definitions for extractive

extractive

/ (ɪkˈstræktɪv) /

adjective

tending or serving to extract

of, involving, or capable of extraction

noun

something extracted or capable of being extracted

the part of an extract that is insoluble

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Medicine definitions for extractive

extractive

[ ĭk-străk′tĭv ]

adj.

Used in or obtained by extraction.

Possible to extract.

n.

Something that may be extracted.

A substance present in tissue that can be separated by successive treatment with solvents and recovered by evaporation of the solution; the insoluble portion of an extract.