Insight

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insight \In"sight`\, n.
     1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep
        inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with
        into.
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              He had an insight into almost all the secrets of
              state.                                --Jortin.
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     2. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration;
        discernment; perception.
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              Quickest insight
              In all things that to greatest actions lead.
                                                    --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insight
       n 1: clear or deep perception of a situation [syn: {penetration}]
       2: a feeling of understanding [syn: {perceptiveness}, {perceptivity}]
       3: the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex
          situation [syn: {brainstorm}, {brainwave}]
       4: grasping the inner nature of things intuitively [syn: {sixth
          sense}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "insight":
     ESP, a priori knowledge, acuity, acumen, acuteness, anschauung,
     anticipation, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness,
     astuteness, awareness, buddhi, clairsentience, clairvoyance,
     cogency, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness,
     critical discernment, direct apprehension, discernment,
     extrasensory perception, farseeingness, farsightedness, flair,
     foresight, foresightedness, immediate cognition, incisiveness,
     inspiration, intuition, intuitionism, intuitive reason,
     intuitiveness, intuitivism, judgement, judgment,
     knowledge without thought, longheadedness, longsightedness,
     lucidity, mindfulness, noesis, note, notice, penetration,
     perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicaciousness,
     perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, precognition,
     premonition, providence, psychometry, realization, recognition,
     sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, satori, second sight,
     second-sightedness, sensibility, sensitivity, sharpness,
     sixth sense, subconscious knowledge, subconscious perception,
     trenchancy, understanding, unmediated perception, vision, wisdom
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  INSIGHT
       
          A {simulation} and modelling language especially for health
          care problems.
       
          ["Simulation Modeling with INSIGHT", S.D. Roberts Proc 1983
          Winter Sim Conf, S.D. Roberts et al eds, pp.7-16].
       
          (1995-03-03)