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⛏️ Can be dug up 💻 Can be analyzed
mineable

mineable

6.5
Able to be found or taken from data using computers
  • adjective
  • /ˈmaɪnəbl/
  • Specialized
: explotable
  • Geologists have identified several areas where minerals are mineable using modern techniques.

Examples

  • With recent advances, many cryptocurrencies are now more mineable than before, attracting new investors.

  • The new software allows us to analyze which resources are mineable from the digital archive.

  • So Bitcoin is also it's, it's, it's mineable like gold.

Synonyms

obtainable
vsmineable
8 3.7

Possible to get or buy

is narrower and applies only when items are extracted by computational or digging methods
extractable
vsmineable
1 5.5

Something you can take out of another thing, like oil from rock

is specific to extraction by digging or by digital computational methods
minable
vsmineable
  • Specialized
1 6.0

That contains minerals or digital coins people can take out with machines

is focused on extraction using digital or computational methods
extractible
vsmineable
  • Specialized
6.1

Something you can remove from a material, often using chemicals or heat

is about extraction via digging or computational methods rather than physical chemistry

How Mineable

mineable
  • Specialized
6.5
difficult
∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

mineable positive

Morphology

mineable = mine (transparent) = mine + able

Same productive formation 'mine' + '-able'; the computational sense is a metaphorical extension of 'to mine' but remains guessable from the verb and suffix for learners familiar with 'data mining'.

Etymology

Mineable also uses the parts mine ('to dig for ore') and -able ('can be'), but it is now used for digital things too. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of 'data mining' — just like digging for ore, something 'mineable' can be 'dug out' by computers or programs.