mining — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.

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   Esempi

   gold mining

2. Any activity that extracts or undermines.

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   Esempi

   His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

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   […] the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.

3. The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).

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4. Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

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   Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoin mining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on crypto mining activity.

Sostantivo

1. the act of extracting ores or coal etc. from the earth

   Sinonimi

   excavation

   Termini più generali

   production

2. laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

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   minelaying

   Termini più generali

   defensedefencedefensive measure