[
UK
/bɹˈeɪnweɪv/
]
NOUN
- (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
- the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
How To Use brainwave In A Sentence
- Clark then wrote up the experiment, which appeared to confirm his initial brainwave, and submitted it to Nature.
- I was fingering my car keys, wondering if my perverse appetite would last all the way to Tesco's and back, when I had a sudden brainwave.
- I have a brainwave and start preparing a PowerPoint presentation.
- While EEG measures brainwaves, three other technologies developed in the second half of the twentieth century involve actual images of living brains.
- This morning I had the brainwave to make little boxes for Supergang which we would fill with peppermint creams that we can make next week.
- The decision to axe the brainwave was nodded through by both Conservative and Labour councillors without debate or comment.
- Clark then wrote up the experiment, which appeared to confirm his initial brainwave, and submitted it to Nature.
- A brainwave impelled me to use my all ten fingers to capture the rhythm of the two.
- Frank Robinson, John Pemberton's original partner and book-keeper, had suggested the name Coca-Cola and come up with the brainwave that the two flowing Cs would look good on adverts.
- Though the number of errors made by the two groups did not differ, researchers found that the FTT children's brainwaves were different from those of the control subjects during the time when they had to decide to react or not.
