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brainwaves
Overview of noun brainwave
The noun brainwave has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential -- ((neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph)
2. insight, brainstorm, brainwave -- (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brainwave
2 senses of brainwave
Sense 1
brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential
=> bioelectricity
=> organic phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
insight, brainstorm, brainwave
=> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> knowing
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brainwave
2 senses of brainwave
Sense 1
brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential
=> alpha rhythm, alpha wave
=> beta rhythm, beta wave
=> delta rhythm, delta wave
=> theta rhythm, theta wave
Sense 2
insight, brainstorm, brainwave
=> light
=> revelation
=> discovery, breakthrough, find
=> flash
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brainwave
2 senses of brainwave
Sense 1
brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential
=> bioelectricity
Sense 2
insight, brainstorm, brainwave
=> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
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Domain of noun brainwave
1 of 2 senses of brainwave
Sense 1
brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential
TOPIC>(noun) neurophysiology#1
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Familiarity of noun brainwave
brainwave used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
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2 senses of brainwave
Sense 1
brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential
> bioelectricity
=> brainwave, brain wave, cortical potential
Sense 2
insight, brainstorm, brainwave
> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> comprehension
=> self-knowledge
=> smattering
=> appreciation, grasp, hold
=> grasping
=> hindsight
=> insight, brainstorm, brainwave
=> realization, realisation, recognition
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2 senses of brainwave
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Grep of noun brainwave
brainwave
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