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extractable

extractable

1 5.5
Something you can take out of another thing, like oil from rock
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈstræktəbl/
translation icon : extraíble
  • MacIntyre is essentially arguing that while social roles are important, there is something more to the self, something rather essential or extractable.

The somewhat extractable hash or SSB hash.

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Examples

  • Russia's extractable offshore hydrocarbon reserves are approximately 100 billion tons, of which 80 percent are in the Arctic.

    Academic text (2008)

  • If there is a major virtue or moral extractable from either play, it is the highly contingent, contextual virtue of integrity of purpose, not any enduring, timeless definition of justice or fairness, let alone equality.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The difference between the two is considered to be extractable work.

    Blog text (26)

  • I don't know anyone whose computer could read it even if it were still extractable.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Since data and information that are not interpretable won't offer you any insights, insights must lie within the interpretable parts of the extractable information.

    Blog text (12)

  • It means ore (/coal) shown to be economically, practically, and justifiably extractable at current prices using current methods.

    Blog text (19)

  • The mining company reported that the extractable gold in the region is estimated to be worth millions.

  • Researchers discovered several extractable compounds from the plant that could be used in medicine.

  • Many fruits have extractable juices that can be processed into beverages.

Synonyms

obtainable
vsextractable
6 3.7

Possible to get or buy

focuses on being able to be removed or obtained through extraction
extractible
vsextractable
  • Specialized
6.1

Something you can remove from a material, often using chemicals or heat

is about removal by any effort or specific process rather than only physical methods

How Removable

detachable
9 3.5
removable
20 3.3
extractable
1 5.5
fixed
1.0
embedded
4.4
permanent
650 3.2

Surface Forms

extractable positive

Morphology

extractable = extract (transparent) = ex + tract + able

This is a regular adjective meaning 'able to be extracted' formed straightforwardly from the verb 'extract'.

Etymology

Extractable comes from two parts: ex- 'out' and tract 'pull', the same root as tractor, a machine that pulls. So extractable means 'able to be pulled out' or removed from something.