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mining

4 definitions • 9 examples
1
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground by digging:

Examples:

coal/salt mining
2
the use of special software to try to obtain new cryptocurrency (= digital currency produced by a public network rather than by a government):

Examples:

"Mining" is the discovery of new bitcoins—just like finding gold.
You can do mining on your own or join a mining "pool", where a number of people combine their processing resources and take a share of the rewards.
3
the industry or activity of removing coal and other substances from the earth
4
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground by digging:

Examples:

Explosives and detonators are widely used in mining.
coal/salt/gold/diamond mining Traditional industries such as coal mining have almost disappeared.
a mining town/community
the mining industry/sector
a mining engineer

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