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Mining vs Nonmining - What's the difference?

mining | nonmining |

As a noun mining

is (senseid) the activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

As a verb mining

is .

As an adjective nonmining is

not involved in, or pertaining to, mining.

mining

English

Noun

  • (senseid) 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

    • Derived terms

    * defensive mining * offensive mining * open-pit mining * strip-mining * surface mining

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * data mining

    Related terms

    * mine

    nonmining

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not involved in, or pertaining to, mining.