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data mining

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of data mine

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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noun

Meaning 3

data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: data processing

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: datamyning — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Arabic: تنقيب في البيانات — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數據挖掘 /数据挖掘 (shùjù wājué) — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Czech: data mining — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Czech: dolování dat — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Finnish: tiedonlouhinta — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • French: exploration de données — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • French: fouille de données — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • French: forage de données — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • French: prospection de données — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • French: orpaillage — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • German: Data-Mining — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • German: Datamining — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Greek: εξόρυξη δεδομένων (exóryxi dedoménon) — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Japanese: データマイニング (dēta mainingu) — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Korean: 데이터 마이닝 — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Persian: کاوش در دادهها — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Persian: داده کاوی — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Russian: добы́ча да́нных (dobýča dánnyx) — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Russian: интеллектуа́льный ана́лиз да́нных (intellektuálʹnyj análiz dánnyx) — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns
  • Spanish: minería de datos — technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns