English-Thai Dictionary
rumination
N การ ใคร่ครวญ การไตร่ตรอง introspectin reflection thought kan-kai-krun
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RUMINATION
n.[L. ruminatio.] 1. The act of chewing the cud.
2. The power or property of chewing the cud.
Rumination is given to animals, to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterwards to chew it.
3. A musing or continued thinking on a subject; deliberate meditation or reflection.
Retiring full of rumination sad.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RUMINATION
Ru `mi *na "tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man.
Duden Dictionary
Rumination
Ru mi na ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Ruminati o n |die Rumination; Genitiv: der Rumination, Plural: die Ruminationen lateinisch ; »das Wiederkäuen «1 Zoologie das Wiederkäuen 2 Meryzismus 3 reifliche Überlegung
French Dictionary
rumination
rumination n. f. nom féminin Mode de digestion selon lequel les aliments sont absorbés dans l ’estomac et ramenés dans la bouche pour être mâchés à nouveau.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rumination
r ù mi n á tion 名詞 U 反芻 （すう ）; 沈思, 熟慮 .
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