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BRAINPOWER

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brain⋅pow⋅er

[breyn-pou-er]
–noun
1. intellectual capacity; mental ability.
2. people with superior mental abilities: an emergency medical conference of all available brainpower.

Origin:
1875–80; brain + power
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brain·pow·er   (brān'pou'ər)   
n.  
  1. Intellectual capacity.

  2. People of well-developed mental abilities: a country that doesn't value its brainpower.

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