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in⋅tel⋅lec⋅tion

  [in-tl-ek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
2. a particular act of the intellect.
3. a conception or idea as the result of such an act; notion; thought.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML intellēctiōn- (s. of intellēctiō). See intellect, -ion
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in·tel·lec·tion   (ĭn'tl-ěk'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of using the intellect; thinking or reasoning.

  2. A thought or an idea.


[Middle English intelleccioun, understanding, from Latin intellēctiō, intellēctiōn-, synecdoche, from intellēctus, intellect; see intellect.]
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Main Entry: in·tel·lec·tion
Pronunciation: "int-&l-'ek-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : exercise of the intellect
2 : a specific act of the intellect : IDEA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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