different between mining vs metallurgy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n??/
• Rhymes: -a?n??

Noun

mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)

2. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

   gold mining

3. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.

   His extensive mining 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 slow minings of regret and vexation.

4. (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
5. (cryptocurrencies) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ???????? (májning)

Translations

Verb

mining

1. present participle of mine

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Etymology

From English meaning.

Noun

mining

1. meaning

English

Etymology

From French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (metallourgós, “miner”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??tæl?d?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?t?l??d?i/

The /m??tæl?d?i/ pronunciation is the more common one in the UK and Commonwealth. The /?m?t?l?rd?i/ pronunciation is the more common one in the USA, and is the first-listed variant in various American dictionaries (e.g., Merriam-Webster Collegiate, American Heritage). Worldwide, both are accepted.

Noun

metallurgy (usually uncountable, plural metallurgies)

1. The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

Related terms

• metallurgical
• metallurgist

Translations