Mining

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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ligand

Software; Analysis software

Ligands are atoms or groups bound to a "central atom" in a polyatomic molecular entity. The term is generally used in connection with metallic "central atoms".

left service court

Sports; Badminton

When a player is facing toward the net, the left service box is to their left. It is one of the two-service box's that are on each side of the net.

referee

Sports; Boxing

The official who is in the ring with the boxers and the person who enforces the rules of boxing and makes sure that the fight is clean and fair. He is the one to decide that a ...

satellite communications

Aviation; Airport

An artificial satellite used for communications, exploration or reconnaissance using microwaves. Messages sent from one earth station to another are sent via the satellite over ...

mutually exclusive investment decisions

Financial services; General Finance

Investment decisions in which the acceptance of a project precludes the acceptance of one or more alternative projects.

downswing

Sports; Golf

When a golfer is bringing his club down toward the ball.

concentrating solar power

Energy; Solar power

A category of solar power that uses reflective surfaces or lenses to direct a concentrated amount of the solar radiation to either a photovoltaic surface or to a device used to ...

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