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in⋅tu⋅i⋅tion

  [in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo-]
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–noun
1. direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
2. a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
3. a keen and quick insight.
4. the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
5. Philosophy.
a. an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
b. any object or truth so discerned.
c. pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
6. Linguistics. the ability of the native speaker to make linguistic judgments, as of the grammaticality, ambiguity, equivalence, or nonequivalence of sentences, deriving from the speaker's native-language competence.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL intuitiōn- (s. of intuitiō) contemplation, equiv. to L intuit(us), ptp. of intuērī to gaze at, contemplate + -iōn- -ion. See in- 2 , tuition

Related forms:
in⋅tu⋅i⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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in·tu·i·tion   (ĭn'tōō-ĭsh'ən, -tyōō-)   
n.  

    1. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. See Synonyms at reason.

    2. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight.

  2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.


[Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuitiō, intuitiōn-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intuērī, to look at, contemplate : in-, on; see in-2 + tuērī, to look at.]
in'tu·i'tion·al adj., in'tu·i'tion·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

intuition 
1497, from M.Fr. intuition, from L.L. intuitionem (nom. intuitio) "a looking at, consideration," from L. intuitus, pp. of intueri "look at, consider," from in- "at, on" + tueri "to look at, watch over" (see tuition). The verb intuit is an 1840 back-formation apparently coined by De Quincey.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tu·ition
Pronunciation: "in-t(y)u-'ish-&n
Function: noun
1 : immediate apprehension or cognition without reasoningor inferring
2 : knowledge or conviction gained by intuition
3 : the power or faculty of gaining direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thoughtand inference —in·tu·it /in-'t(y)ü-&t/ transitive verb —in·tu·ition·al /"in-t(y)u-'ish-n&l,-&n-&l/ adjective —in·tu·itive /in-'t(y)ü-&t-iv/ adjective —in·tu·itive·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

Intuition operating system
The Amiga windowing system (a shared-code library).
(1997-08-01)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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