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Something that acts as a source of inspiration or triggers an important realization for someone.

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Newton's apple

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Newton's apple

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Something that acts as a source of inspiration or triggers an important realization for someone.

Japanese Meaning

重要な発見やひらめきのきっかけとなる物事 / インスピレーションの源となる出来事や要因 / 決定的なアイデアに繋がる触媒となるもの

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The workshop's broken lantern became, for her, Newton's apple, sparking the breakthrough in her research.

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その工房の壊れたランタンは、彼女にとってニュートンをひらめかせたリンゴのような存在となり、彼女の研究における突破口を引き起こした。

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Something that acts as a source of inspiration or triggers an important realization for someone.

The 'perfect fluid' which Lord Kelvin desiderated, is an instance that scientists are on the outlook for something that will serve as a Newton's apple to lead them to the larger truth which urges birth from their instincts of faith.

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Newton's apples

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