workings
/ˈwɜrkɪŋz/
noun
- The way something operates or functions; the internal mechanisms or processes.
- She studied the workings of a car engine to understand how it runs.
- He explained the inner workings of the computer program.
- The workings of the human brain are still not fully understood.
- The parts of a mine or quarry where digging or extraction takes place.
- New safety rules were introduced in the mine workings.
- They explored the abandoned workings deep underground.
- The old mine workings were dangerous and unstable.
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