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What does refined mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of refine
Adjective
  1. Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
    1. (of people, obsolete) Sagacious, sometimes (pejorative) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.
    2. (of thought) Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.
    3. (of processes) Developed, improved.
  2. Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
    1. (of language) Elevated and polished.
    2. (of people) Elegant, sometimes (pejorative) affected, prissy, or bloodless.
  3. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
    1. (of products) Highly-processed and pure.
    2. (of metal) Free of dross or alloy.
    3. (of people, obsolete) Morally pure.
  4. (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
Noun
  1. (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.
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