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| Main Entry: |
insight
 [in-sahyt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intuitiveness, awareness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, click*, comprehension, discernment, divination, drift*, intuition, judgment, observation, penetration, perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, shrewdness, understanding, vision, wavelength, wisdom |
| Notes: | incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, stupidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Example Sentences
- The experiment also showed that mouse brains are flexible enough to receive and make use of the additional wavelength information.
- L-band refers to the wavelength of the radar signal.
- The real destructive power of tsunamis lies not in excessive height, but in their wavelength.
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