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minings

minings is the plural of mining.

Meaning of mining

Noun

mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)

  1. The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
    • gold mining
  2. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
    • His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
  3. The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
  4. 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

Questions about minings

What is minings the plural of?
Minings is the plural of mining.

Words near minings in the dictionary

  1. mining pools
  2. mining town
  3. mining towns
  4. Mininger
  5. Miningers
  6. minings
  7. minion
  8. miniondom
  9. minionette
  10. minionettes
  11. minionhood

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