aha moment



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aha moment

A moment or instance at which a sudden, revelatory idea, realization, or solution to a problem comes to mind. We'd been working on the problem at the lab for weeks, but the aha moment came to me when I was out gardening!
See also: moment

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Imrus-Hungarian
Laws[lɔ:z]
Barra-Irish
ElsaEL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
Wigheard-Anglo-Saxon
Zarathushtra-Ancient Persian