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working

1. Maths a record of the steps by which the result of a calculation or the solution of a problem is obtained
3. (of a meal or occasion) during which business discussions are carried on
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working

[′wərk·iŋ]
(communications)
Carrying on radio communication with a station by means of telegraphy, telephony, or facsimile for a purpose other than calling.
(mining engineering)
The whole strata excavated in working a seam.
Ground or rocks shifting under pressure and producing noise.
(navigation)
In sea ice navigation, making headway through an ice pack by boring, breaking, and slewing.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

working

The alternate swelling and shrinking in seasoned wood, resulting from moisture content changes that occur with changes in relative humidity of the surrounding air; also called movement.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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All channels reported in this release, from all areas, were chip-cut perpendicular to mineralization, and sampling locations and channel widths were restricted to the extent of historic workings.
"Our initial focus will be towards initial production and expanding the deposit close to the existing workings, and then continuing to expand gold mineralized zones along strike and to depth."
"It's one thing to teach them directly and another for an actual representative to explain to them the inner depth workings of the house and parliamentary systems."
- Gold mineralisation hosted in two structural corridors - defined by large artisanal workings, extensive geochemical anomalies and aircore drill intersections from reconnaissance program.
Dart's operations are at least 1.4km from the known extent of underground workings of the Gresford Colliery.
The Saddam Tapes provides researchers with important insights into the inner workings of the regime.
"Our drill program at Riscos de Oro has confirmed and expanded high grade gold and silver low sulphidation epithermal mineralization to a depth of 200 meter below historic open pit and underground workings. An additional ore shoot of potentially similar dimensions containing high grade gold and silver has also been located 250 meters along strike from the primary workings" said Robert Brown, President and CEO of Calibre.
PRIOR to the whole of the UK be edited published at the discretion being converted to North Sea gas some 40 odd years ago, methane gas was extracted from the workings of Point of Ayr colliery, processed by a facility operated by Wales Gas at Point of Ayr, and then fed into the national gas main which was coal gas.
The workings extend for roughly 1.5 miles, following the narrow valley of the Acomb Burn and then westward across open fields.
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