Intuition

Definition of Intuition

In`tu`i´tion

n.	1.
	1.	A looking after; a regard to. What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. - Fuller.
	2.	Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; - distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. Sagacity and a nameless something more, - let us call it intuition. - Hawthorne.
	3.	Any object or truth discerned by intuition.
	4.	Any quick insight, recognized immediately without a reasoning process; a belief arrived at unconsciously; - often it is based on extensive experience of a subject.
	5.	The ability to have insight into a matter without conscious thought; as, his chemical intuition allowed him to predict compound conformations without any conscious calculation; a mother's intuition often tells her what is best for her child.

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