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ingestions

ingestions is the plural of ingestion.

Meaning of ingestion

Noun

ingestion (countable and uncountable, plural ingestions)

  1. The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
  2. (broadly) The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
  3. Any intake of a substance into an organism.
    • The common modes of ingestion in forensic settings are oral ingestion, injection, and smoking2022, Suzanne Bell, Forensic Chemistry, page 339
  4. Intake of data into a computer system.
    • Ingestion is the first step of your big data pipeline. You will have to onboard the data in your instance of Spark, whether it is in local mode or cluster mode.2020, Jean-Georges Perrin, Rob Thomas, Spark in Action, Second edition, Shelter Island: Manning, →ISBN

Phrases with ingestions

Questions about ingestions

What is ingestions the plural of?
Ingestions is the plural of ingestion.

Words near ingestions in the dictionary

  1. ingestible
  2. ingestibles
  3. ingesting
  4. ingestion
  5. ingestional
  6. ingestions
  7. ingestive
  8. ingestor
  9. ingestors
  10. Ingestre
  11. ingests

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