Gangue
[gæŋ]
Definition
(n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
Checker: Patrice
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Matrix (of an ore).
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Examples
- The non-magnetic gangue descends in a straight line to the other side of the partition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The mechanical processes designed to separate the ore from its enclosing rock or other superfluous earthy matter called _gangue_ became known as _ore dressing_ and _ore concentrating_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hence the elimination of the worthless gangue by concentration of the iron particles associated with it, seemed to be the only solution of the problem. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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