mining

See also: Mining

English

mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
gold mining
(figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- Jonathan Swift
  […] 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.
(military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
(computing) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work

activity of removing solid valuables from the earth

Afrikaans: mynbou (af)
Arabic: تعدين‎
Armenian: արդյունահանում (ardyunahanum), հանքային գործ (hankʿayin gorc), հանքարդյունաբերություն (hy) (hankʿardyunaberutʿyun)
Catalan: mineria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 採礦 (zh), 采矿 (zh) (cǎikuǎng), 礦業 (zh), 矿业 (zh) (kuàngyè)
Czech: hornictví (cs) n, těžba (cs) f
Danish: minedrift (da) c
Finnish: kaivostoiminta (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} extraction minière
Galician: minería f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Bergbau (de) m
Gujarati: ખાણકામ (khāṇkām)

figuratively

military

creation of new units of cryptocurrency

mining

mining

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