mining en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
gold mining
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
[…] 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.
1740, John Hawkesworth, The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift [Introduction]:His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- (countable, uncountable) The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
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(countable, uncountable) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
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.
2022 January 6, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| minings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fetish mining · pitch mining · mining camp · data mining · quartz mining · mining town · argument mining · process mining · postmining · mining bee · urban mining · hydromining · duomining · mining engineering · antimining · hydraulic mining · robo-mining · coalmining · offensive mining · strip mining · cryptomining · drift mining · mining pool · strip-mining · biomining · knowledge mining · nonmining · audio mining · defensive mining · mining community · open-pit mining · reality mining · mining engineer · alluvial mining · demining · surface mining · quote mining
Descendants
Translations (68)
sv brytning (creation of new units of cryptocurrency) · fr extraction minière (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · sk baníctvo (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · hy արդյունահանում (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · id pertambangan (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ko 광업 (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ms perlombongan (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · mk минирање (military) · gl minería (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 採礦 /采矿 (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · sv brytning (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ru ма́йнинг (creation of new units of cryptocurrency) · ca mineria (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 採礦業 /采矿业 (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · el όρυξη (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · af mynbou (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ja 採鉱 (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · hy հանքարդյունաբերություն (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · mk рударство (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 開採 /开采 (figuratively) · mi mahi huke (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · bg разработване на мина (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ml ഖനനം (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · fr exploitation minière (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · da minedrift (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cs těžba (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ru мини́рование (military) · ru добы́ча (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · pt mineração (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · bg миниране (military) · sv minering (military) · it estrazione (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 礦業 /矿业 (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · sv grävande (figuratively) · ga mianadóireacht (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · fi kaivostoiminta (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · fi etsintä (figuratively) · fi louhinta (creation of new units of cryptocurrency) · ru го́рное де́ло (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · uk гірни́ча спра́ва (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · sv gruvdrift (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · es minería (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · hu bányászat (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · vi khai thác mỏ (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · ar تعدين (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · sh rudarstvo (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · uk мінува́ння (military) · fi louhinta (figuratively) · el ναρκοθέτηση (military) · mn уурхай (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 佈設地雷 /布设地雷 (military) · gu ખાણકામ (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · fi louhiminen (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · el εξόρυξη (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · pl górnictwo (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · uk гірни́цтво (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · sv utvinning (creation of new units of cryptocurrency) · ja 鉱業 (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 挖掘 (figuratively) · ru добы́ча (figuratively) · fi miinoitus (military) · fi louhinta (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · cmn 挖礦 /挖矿 (creation of new units of cryptocurrency) · cs hornictví (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · nl mijnbouw (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · de Bergbau (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · hy հանքային գործ (activity of removing valuables from the earth) · fi louhiminen (creation of new units of cryptocurrency)