Saturday, July 02, 2016

Word of the day: mentation

The word of the day is mentation:
  1. mental activity.
1850, from L. ment- "mind" (see mental) + -ation.

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mentation)


"Unlike Foster's emphasis on the mentation of his beasts, Thwaites is focused on achieving the physicality of the goat."

 - Carolyn Ristau, "Wild Things", 17 June 2016 Science (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6292/1402)

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