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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques;
[syn: mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beneficiate \Ben`e*fi"ci*ate\, v. t. [Sp. beneficiar to benefit, to work mines.] (Mining) To reduce (ores). -- Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion (?), n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beneficiation n 1: crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques [syn: mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation]