brain wave

noun

plural brain waves

Definition of brain wave

1a : rhythmic fluctuations of voltage between parts of the brain resulting in the flow of an electric current

b : a current produced by brain waves

2 : a flash of inspiration : brainstorm sense 1a We invited the Hill Holliday ad agency in Boston to collaborate on our cover shoot, and its creative director, Lance Jensen, had a brain wave: wouldn't it be eye-catching for our pages to reflect not just the editorial look of the '60s but also the advertising idiom of the time?— Tina Brown

Examples of brain wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This version worked using brain wave data and head gestures, and Choi posted instructions online for anyone to build their own. — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2022 The forehead electrode picks up brain wave information, which is sent to a microchip in the prosthetic arm via Bluetooth. — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2022 These include galvanic skin response, eye tracking, respiration, EEG brain wave measurement and others. — Roger Dooley, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021 The brain wave amplifier gave way to other high-tech gadgetry. — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021 The EEGs showed different brain wave patterns in the Covid patients that lasted at least seven months following their initial infection. — NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021 And the better the listener understood, the more closely the brain wave patterns mirrored those of the storyteller. — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 7 Oct. 2021 While the delta variant does share a name with a brain wave that is associated with sleep, there is no deeper meaning. — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021 Scientists report that mindfulness slows down your heart rate and brain wave patterns and boosts our immune system and cardiac functioning. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021 See More

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