Meaning of RUMINATION
| Pronunciation: | | r`oomun'eyshun
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- [n] regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
- [n] (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
- [n] a calm lengthy intent consideration
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| | Synonyms: | | contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness |
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| | See Also: | | chew, chewing, cogitation, consideration, disgorgement, emesis, introspection, manduction, mastication, meditation, omphaloskepsis, puking, regurgitation, retrospect, self-contemplation, self-examination, speculation, study, vomit, vomiting | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ru`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. ruminatio: cf. F.
rumination.]
1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the
habit of chewing the cud.
Rumination is given to animals to enable them at
once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward
to chew it. --Arbuthnot.
2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder;
deliberate meditation or reflection.
Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson.
3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach
after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a
morbid phenomenon in man.
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