Consumption word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "consumption" word

[noun] the act of consuming something
[noun] the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
[noun] (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
[noun] involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

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\Con*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. --Burke. 2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay. 3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also {pulmonary consumption}. {Consumption of the bowels} (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease. Syn: Decline; waste; decay. See {Decline}.

Synonyms for consumption

economic consumption, expenditure, ingestion, intake, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, uptake, usance, use, use of goods and services, using up, wasting disease, white plague

Related terms: carnage, cerebral tuberculosis, devouring, dieting, dining, drying, feasting, gluttony, herbivority, licking, mastication, omnivorism, omophagy, phthisis, ruination, scrofula, scrofuloderma, slaughter, spoliation, tasting, tuberculosis cutis, using up

The fun area, different aproach to word »consumption«

Let's analyse "consumption" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 36.4% of vowels is 2.2% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NOITPMUSNOC. Average typing speed for these characters is 2840 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. --- -. ... ..- -- .--. - .. --- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: consumption: 6 + 3 + 9 + 6 = 24, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: consumption: 3 + 6 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 51, reduced: 6, and the final result is Six.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (2)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (2)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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