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Mental Process
thinking Audio
think·ing [ thing-king ]
Subclass of:
Mental Processes
Definitions related to thinking, function:
  • (thinking) Mental activity that is not predominantly perceptual by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (thinking) Mental activity, not predominantly perceptual, by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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