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(US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem. / A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions. / (Britain) An unexpected mental error.

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brainstorm

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɹeɪnstɔː(ɹ)m/

Noun

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(US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem. / A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions. / (Britain) An unexpected mental error.

Japanese Meaning

（1）突然ひらめく、長らく解決されなかった問題に突破口をもたらす発想や思考の閃き / （2）意見を出し合い、問題の解決策を探るためのブレインストーミングのセッション、会議 / （3）（英国での用法）予期せぬ思考エラー、誤ったまたは間違った認識

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After weeks of failed prototypes, she finally had a brainstorm that fixed the software's stubborn bug.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数週間にわたる試作の失敗の末、彼女はついにソフトウェアの厄介なバグを修正するひらめきを得た。

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(US) A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.

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A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.

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(Britain) An unexpected mental error.

A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. … Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases.

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