brainwave

/ ˈbreɪnˌweɪv /

noun

1. informal.
   a sudden inspiration or idea Also calledbrainstorm

Example Sentences

Besides this visual classification, the algorithm also points to the patterns in the brainwaves that it used to make its determination and provides three examples of professionally diagnosed charts that it sees as being similar.

From Science Daily

Professional T20 cricket, a brainwave of the England and Wales Cricket Board's that began in 2003, is the accelerated format that 21st Century culture both demanded and embraces.

From BBC

This will help get you into the right brainwave pattern to improve your concentration,’” Ms. Klisanin said.

From Washington Times

Low frequency bands of brainwaves were fed through a special algorithm, which produced a 'read out' of the phonological information that was being encoded.

From Science Daily

At which point Hinds jumps in: “But we count brainwaves more than we count calories!”

From Los Angeles Times