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Swelly

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005801

An unusual local thickening of a coal seam, a place where the seam swells over a limited area. A swelly holds more coal than the seam around it, and the working face is thicker there for a short distance before the seam returns to its usual thickness.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005801
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Quellband; Spanish: swelly; French: renflement
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005801",
  "term": "Swelly",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An unusual local thickening of a coal seam, a place where the seam swells over a limited area. A swelly holds more coal than the seam around it, and the working face is thicker there for a short distance before the seam returns to its usual thickness.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Quellband",
    "es": "swelly",
    "fr": "renflement"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/swelly/"
}

Record 6,289 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.