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Definition of Extractive

Extractive
Extractive Ex*tract"ive, a. [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.

Meaning of Extractive from wikipedia

- An extract (essence) is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be...
- Extractive distillation is defined as distillation in the presence of a miscible, high-boiling, relatively non-volatile component, the solvent, that forms...
- balances system for the government's management of extractive industries, such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global...
- Extractor may refer to: Extractor (firearms) Extractor (mathematics) Extractor (****s), a tool used to remove broken ****s Randomness extractor Soxhlet...
- Extracted, also known as Extraction in the UK, is an independent 2012 American science fiction thriller directed and written by Nir Paniry. Sasha Roiz...
- A **** extractor is a tool for removing broken or seized ****s. There are two types: one has a spiral flute structure, commonly called an easy out after...
- Extractors is a video game developed by Millennium Interactive and published by Psygnosis in 1995 for MS-DOS. It is the sequel to Diggers (1993). Extractors...
- nature, extractive—for instance, the existence of a shadow banking system, of conglomerate manufacturers, and so on. He warns against extractive practices...
- Extractive metallurgy is a branch of metallurgical engineering wherein process and methods of extraction of metals from their natural mineral deposits...
- Vanilla extract is a solution made by macerating and percolating vanilla pods in a solution of ethanol and water. It is considered an essential ingredient...