gangue
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gangue (countable and uncountable, plural gangues)
- (mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
- 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 147:
- Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore
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Further reading edit
- gangue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- extractive metallurgy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Etymology edit
A borrowing from German Gang (“way, path, trail, track, course, line, duct”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gangue f (plural gangues)
Further reading edit
- “gangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: gan‧gue
Noun edit
gangue (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural gangues)
- gang; street gang (criminal group, especially one that practices petty crime)
- gang (a group of friends who do things together regularly, especially mischievous children)
Derived terms edit
- ganguezinha (diminutive) (Brazil)