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extractive

A เกี่ยวกับ การสกัด 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTRACTIVE

a.That may be extracted.

 

EXTRACTIVE

n.The proximate principle of vegetable extracts.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTRACTIVE

Ex *tract "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. extractif.]

 

1. Capable of being extracted. "Thirty grains of extractive matter. " Kirwan.

 

2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out. Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. Cairnes.

 

EXTRACTIVE

EXTRACTIVE Ex *tract "ive, n.

 

1. Anything extracted; an extract. Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar. H. N. Martin.

 

2. (Chem. ) (a ) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [Obs. ] (b ) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extractive

ex trac tive |ikˈstraktiv ɪkˈstræktɪv ɛkˈstræktɪv | adjective of or involving extraction, esp. the extensive extraction of natural resources without provision for their renewal: extractive industry.

 

Oxford Dictionary

extractive

ex ¦tract |ive |ɪkˈstraktɪv, ɛk- | adjective of or involving extraction, especially the extensive extraction of natural resources without provision for their renewal: extractive industry.