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BENEFICIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
Synonyms:
beneficiation; mineral dressing; mineral extraction; mineral processing; ore dressing; ore processing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("beneficiation" is a kind of...):
extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)
Domain member category:
activating agent ((mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral)
Derivation:
beneficiate (process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction)
