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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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carbide bit

Energy; Coal

A bit made by attaching molded tungsten carbide to a steel bit shank. It is used for cutting or drilling rock and coal. Also known as a cemented tungsten carbide.

technical descriptors

Financial services; General Finance

Variables that are used to describe the market in terms of patterns in historical data.

Milky Way bubbles

Astronomy; Galaxy

The two giant bubbles of high-energy gamma rays protruding from the Milky Way, each spanning 25,000 light-years across, roughly the size of the galaxy itself. According to NASA, ...

plastid

Biology; Genetics

Any of several pigmented cytoplasmic organelles found in plant cells and other organisms, having various physiological functions, such as the synthesis and storage of food.

fish ladders

Energy; Hydroelectric

Ascending pools of water arranged in a series, designed to allow and enable fish (particularly salmon) to swim upstream, around dam.

digital channel (post transition)

Entertainment; TV

A communications path that handles only digital signals. All voice and video signals have to be converted from analog to digital in order to be carried over a digital channel. In ...

traffic origin

Advertising; Billboard advertising

Research which provides advertisers with information about the audience passing outdoor advertising structures, not just those in immediate vicinity of the individual location. ...

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