The quality or state of being capable of being extracted or removed.
From 'extractable' + '-ity' (suffix forming abstract nouns). The root 'extract' comes from Latin 'extrahere' (to draw out), combining 'ex-' (out) + 'trahere' (to draw).
Mining companies obsess over the 'extractability' of minerals because a resource that's theoretically present but impossible to extract economically is worthless—so this word literally measures whether a mine can make money!
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