Noun
The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
Source: Webster's dictionaryruminants have remarkable powers of rumination Source: Internet
“A far-reaching, serio-comic rumination on race, privilege and profound relationships between mothers and daughters, friends and rivals, idols and followers.” Source: Internet
Although some researchers have speculated that this hyper-connectivity reflects rumination (), no research has directly tested this hypothesis. Source: Internet
A heartbreaking yet beautiful rumination on tragedy, loneliness, grief, and displacement. Source: Internet
Differences in stomach construction indicated that rumination evolved independently between tylopods and ruminants ; therefore tylopods were excluded from Ruminantia. Source: Internet
Mild depression may be an adaptive response to withdraw from, and re-evaluate, situations that have led to disadvantageous outcomes (the "analytical rumination hypothesis") (see Evolutionary approaches to depression ). Source: Internet