MINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mined mean? 

• MINED (adjective)
  The adjective MINED has 1 sense:

1. extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth

  Familiarity information: MINED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth

Similar:

deep-mined (of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine)

well-mined (well known and commonly used)

strip-mined (mined near the earth's surface by stripping)

Antonym:

unmined (not mined)

 Context examples 

Although the Cassini mission ended in September 2017, the data it provided will be mined for decades.

(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)

Samples from an area mined by Oregon Mineral Technologies (OMT) proved active against a broad spectrum of bacteria, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-resistant E. coli (ESBL).

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

The researchers mined the human immune response to natural infection by the Ebola virus and found two antibodies, ADI-15878 and ADI-15742, which recognized the GP fusion loop — a section of a protein found on the surface of the Ebola virus.

(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)