- mining
- noun Date: 14th century the process or business of working mines
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mining — min‧ing [ˈmaɪnɪŋ] noun [uncountable] the action or industry of getting minerals out of the earth by digging: • a mining company ˌopencast ˈmining mining in which minerals, especially coal, is taken out of holes in the ground near the surface, not … Financial and business terms
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mining — n. The process or business of extracting minerals from the earth. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
mining — (n.) 1520s, verbal noun from MINE (Cf. mine) (v.1) … Etymology dictionary
mining — [mīn′iŋ] n. 1. the act, process, or work of removing ores, coal, etc. from a mine, glacial deposit, etc. 2. the act or process of laying explosive mines … English World dictionary
Mining — This article is about the extraction of geological materials from the Earth. For the municipality in Austria, see Mining, Austria. For the siege tactic, see Mining (military). For name of the Chinese emperor, see Daoguang Emperor. Simplified… … Wikipedia
mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… … Universalium
mining — The process or business of extracting from the earth the precious or valuable metals, either in their native state or in their ores @ mining claim A parcel of land, containing precious metal in its soil or rock, and appropriated by an individual … Black's law dictionary
mining — The process or business of extracting from the earth the precious or valuable metals, either in their native state or in their ores @ mining claim A parcel of land, containing precious metal in its soil or rock, and appropriated by an individual … Black's law dictionary
