brainstorm n : the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation [syn: insight, brainwave] v : try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it

English

Noun

1. A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.

   I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.

2. An unexpected mental error.

Quotations

Mental error

• 2005: 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. Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night BBC Online, 5 October 2005

Verb

1. To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
2. To participate in a brainstorming session.

Brainstorm may refer to:

• Brainstorm (1983 film), directed by Douglas Trumbull
• Brainstorm (1965 film), directed by William Conrad
• Brainstorm (2001 film), English title of the movie Bicho de Sete Cabeças
• Brainstorm (Latvian band)
• Brainstorm (German band)
• Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics, an American research firm using adult stem cell technology in search of a cure for Parkinson's and ALS.
• Brainstorm (disco band)
• Brainstorm, one of the pseudonyms used by the musician Moby
• Brainstorm Artists International, a record label
• Brainstorm (Young MC album), a 1991 album by rapper Young MC
• Brainstorm (Transformers), an autobot headmaster in the Transformers fiction.
• Brainstorm eStudio, a virtual studio system manufactured by Brainstorm Multimedia
• "Brainstorm", a song by Hawkwind from their 1972 album Doremi Fasol Latido
• Brainstorm (TV series), a BBC television comedy quiz

You may also be looking for:

• Brainstorming, a mental exercise
• Brainstorm (Division), A Division of Interplay
• Brainstorm (Rapper), A rapper with Brothers Grym

Or:

• Brianstorm, a play on the words Brian and Brain and a 2007 single by the Arctic Monkeys

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