Air-head
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000141
A horizontal passage in a mine whose purpose is to carry ventilating air through the workings. Together with the shafts, other airways and roadways, such passages form the circuit that carries fresh air to the working places and takes foul air and gas out of the mine.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-000141 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Mining and extraction |
| References | A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry (U.S. Bureau of Mines / Wikimedia Commons) |
| Translations | German: Bewetterungsstrecke; Spanish: galería de ventilación; French: galerie d'aérage |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-IND-000141",
"term": "Air-head",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "A horizontal passage in a mine whose purpose is to carry ventilating air through the workings. Together with the shafts, other airways and roadways, such passages form the circuit that carries fresh air to the working places and takes foul air and gas out of the mine.",
"subject": "Mining and extraction",
"references": [
"A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry (U.S. Bureau of Mines / Wikimedia Commons)"
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"translations": {
"de": "Bewetterungsstrecke",
"es": "galería de ventilación",
"fr": "galerie d'aérage"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/air-head/"
}
Record 149 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.