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by hinkley 2778 days ago
I understand how the term 'ingestion' got to be used but given how turbines react to foreign objects, 'indigestion' seems more accurate.
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You have to ingest something to get indigestion, resulting in sentences like "ice ingestion gave the turbines indigestion". At that point it's long-winded and would be shortened to "ice ingestion", making the point somewhat moot.