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発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪksˈtɹæktɪv/
• 韻: -æktɪv

形容詞

extractive (comparative more extractive, superlative most extractive)

1. That serves to extract something
   • 1874, John Elliott Cairnes, Some Leading Principles of Political Economy, newly Expounded

     Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.

2. That withdraws natural resources by extraction
   • 2014, BusinessDictionary.com

     The extractive industry consists of any operations that remove metals, mineral and aggregates from the earth. Examples of extractive processes include oil and gas extraction, mining, dredging and quarrying.

3. Able to be extracted
   • 1796, Richard Kirwan, The Manures Most Advantageously Applicable to the Various Sorts of Soils

     Thirty grains of extractive matter.

派生語

• extractive distillation
• extractive principle

名詞

extractive (複数形 extractives)

1. Something that may be extracted
2. The substance left behind after something has been extracted