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mining (countable anduncountable,pluralminings)

  1. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
    goldmining
  2. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
    His extensivemining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
    • 1740, John Hawkesworth,The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift[Introduction]:
      [] 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 slowminings of regret and vexation.
  3. (military) The activity of placingmines (the explosive devices).
  4. (cryptocurrencies) Creation of new units ofcryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstratingproof of work.
    • 2022 January 6, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, inThe Guardian[1]:
      Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoinmining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on cryptomining activity.

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activity of removing solid valuables from the earth
figuratively
military
creation of new units of cryptocurrency

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mining

  1. presentparticiple andgerund ofmine

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mining

  1. meaning
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