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Mining

Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.

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aeon (eon)

Astronomy; General astronomy

In astronomical terms, a unit of time equivalent to 1 billion years.

working away

Financial services; General Finance

Transacting with another broker/dealer.

hanging in

Sports; Bicycle & electric bicycle

barely maintaining contact at the back of the pack.

coal gasification

Energy; Coal

A process of converting coal into coal gas.

TED spread

Financial services; General Finance

Difference between US Treasury bill rate and Eurodollar rate; used by some traders as a measure of investor/trader anxiety or credit quality.

payload

Astronomy; Mars

Anything that a flight vehicle carries beyond what is required for its operation during flight.

aether

Astronomy; General astronomy

1) In Aristotelian physics, the fifth element, of which the stars and planets are made. 2) In Classical physics, an invisible medium that was thought to suffuse all space.

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