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Definition 1: learning and coming to understand ideas and information - [noun denoting cognition]

Samples where digestion or its synonyms are used according to this definition

  • his appetite for facts was better than his digestion

(digestion is a kind of ...) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

"the child's acquisition of language"

Definition 2: the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body - [noun denoting process]

(digestion is a kind of ...) a process occurring in living organisms

(... is a kind of digestion ) the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach

Definition 3: the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat - [noun denoting process]

(digestion is a kind of ...) (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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