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caving the sport of climbing in and exploring caves caving [′kāv·iŋ] (mining engineering) A mining procedure, used when the surface is expendable, in which the ore body is undercut and allowed to fall, breaking into small pieces that are recovered by passages (drifts) driven for that purpose; sublevel caving, block caving, and top slicing are examples. (petroleum engineering) Collapsing of the walls of a wellbore. Also known as sloughing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Highlights include sea cave exploration by raft, windsurfing, scuba diving, outrigger canoeing and helicopter flying. However this thorny issue plays out, it appears that Maya archaeology is poised to plunge into cave exploration. Ball envisions his invention having practical applications in rescue work, recreational climbing and cave exploration, as well as urban warfare situations. |
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