direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
a keen and quick insight.
the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
Philosophy.
an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
any object or truth so discerned.
pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
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 of intuition
1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin intuitiōn- (stem of intuitiō) contemplation, equivalent to Latin intuit(us), past participle of intuērī to gaze at, contemplate + -iōn--ion. See in-2, tuition
If you’re proving something that relies on some sort of geometric intuition or visualization, I never felt sure that I had it 100% correct.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle|Rachel Crowell|September 2, 2020|Quanta Magazine
“Neural networks are able to develop an artificial style of intuition,” Szegedy said.
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?|Stephen Ornes|August 27, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Conjectures arise from inductive reasoning — a kind of intuition about an interesting problem — and proofs generally follow deductive, step-by-step logic.
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?|Stephen Ornes|August 27, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Sometimes, though, when we do our first real model run, the results come close to my intuition anyway.
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This corresponds to our own intuitions and experiences, because we humans are almost always responding to what we sense and remember.
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I fancy Holmes would have destroyed those theories with nothing more than his intuition.
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Intuition would suggest that economic development is the cause, and pro-gay policies are the effect.
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It is an effective combination of intuition and market research.
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Her intuition told her that her job was to continue saving lives rather than join politics.
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“These dancers will become experts of intuition,” Latarro says.
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Intuition is seen at its best where it is directly useful, for example in regard to other people's characters and dispositions.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays|Bertrand Russell
An intuition, the instinct born of the struggle which is inseparable from love, came to me.
The Wasted Generation|Owen Johnson
"Was it—" cried Mrs. Lathrop, with a sudden gleam of intuition.
Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs|Anne Warner
The very drunk have the intuition sometimes of savages or brute beasts.
K|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Some intuition giving her strength to flash him a single alluring moonlit glance?
The White Invaders|Raymond King Cummings
British Dictionary definitions for intuition
intuition
/ (ˌɪntjʊˈɪʃən) /
noun
knowledge or belief obtained neither by reason nor by perception
instinctive knowledge or belief
a hunch or unjustified belief
philosophyimmediate knowledge of a proposition or object such as Kant's account of our knowledge of sensible objects
the supposed faculty or process by which we obtain any of these
Derived forms of intuition
intuitional, adjectiveintuitionally, adverb
Word Origin for intuition
C15: from Late Latin intuitiō a contemplation, from Latin intuērī to gaze upon, from tuērī to look at