Look up: adit

1. adit
   [n] - a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
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2. Adit
   Horizontal entrance to a mine, slightly inclined to allow drainage.
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3. Adit
   A tunnel designed to extract materials, such as minerals or coal, from underground, or to drain existing mines by sloping slightly upwards from the entrance. Adits are therefore self-draining.
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4. adit
   a nearly horizontal under inlet Category: Building industry • additional access tunnels provided to reach inside of a main tunnel for construction,repair and maintenance purposes.It may also apply to an access tunnel within concrete structures,such as dams and spillways. Category: Bui...
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5. Adit
   Ad'it noun [ Latin aditus , from adire , ...aitum , to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are ...
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6. adit
   noun a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
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7. Adit
   • (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel. • (n.) Admission; approach; access.
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8. adit
   a horizontal or near-horizontal passage driven from the Earth`s surface into the side of a ridge or mountain for the purpose of working, ventilating, ... [3 related articles]
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9. Adit
   An adit is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, and ventilated. ==Construction== Adits are driven into the side of a hill or mountain, and are often used when an ore body is located inside the mountain but a...
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10. Adit
    A nearly horizontal passage from the surface by which a mine is entered and dewatered. A blind horizontal opening into a mountain, with only one entrance.
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11. adit
    adit (ăd'it) , in mining, underground passage excavated nearly horizontally, with one end open to the earth's surface, usually used to service a mine. The adit end is the furthermost end from the surface, i.e., the location where miners work. The adit collar is the area where an adit opens...
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12. Adit
    An adit is a more or less horizontal opening, giving access to the shaft of a mine. It is made to slope gradually from the farthest point in the interior to the mouth, and by means of it the principal drainage is usually carried on.
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13. Adit
    Horizontal access shaft to a deposit inside a mountain.
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