n, -tyoo-]
| 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.
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| 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. |
in·tu·i·tion (ĭn'tōō-ĭsh'ən, -tyōō-) n.
[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. |
Intuition operating system
The Amiga windowing system (a shared-code library).
(1997-08-01)