Extraction may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

* Comedo extraction, a method of acne treatment * Dental extraction, the surgical removal of a tooth from the mouth

Computing and information science

* Data extraction, the process of retrieving data out of data sources * Information extraction * Knowledge extraction * The process of reversing data compression, a.k.a. decompression * The process of choosing elements from a source document, in linguistics

Other uses in science and technology

* Root extraction, in mathematics, the computation of a th root * Extraction (chemistry), the separation of a substance from a matrix * Primary extraction, the act of removing a spent cartridge from the chamber of a firearm * Fragrance extraction, the process of obtaining fragrant oils and compounds from raw materials * Resource extraction, the process of locating, acquiring and selling any resource ** Petroleum extraction, the process of recovering petroleum from the ground *

Ancestry An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or ( recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from ...

or origin of a person

Arts and entertainment

* ''Extraction'' (2015 film), an American thriller film starring Kellan Lutz, Bruce Willis, and Gina Carano * ''Extraction'' (2020 film), an American action film starring Chris Hemsworth * ''Extraction'' (album), by guitarist Greg Howe * "Extraction" (''The Shield''), an episode of the television series * "Extraction" (''Star Wars: The Bad Batch'') * '' Dead Space: Extraction'', a video game prequel to the 2008 game ''Dead Space'' * "Extractions", a song by BS 2000 on the 2001 album '' Simply Mortified'' * ''Dirty Bomb'' (video game), formerly known as ''Extraction'' * '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction'', 2022 video game

Other uses