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workings

noun

Meaning

  1. (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
  2. Method of operation.
  3. The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
  4. Fermentation.
  5. (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
  6. A place where work is carried on.
  7. The internal mechanism of some device or system.
  8. The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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