eureka effect

English

Noun

eureka effect (plural eureka effects)

  1. The human experience of feeling a sudden sense of insight upon making a discovery or realization.
    Synonym: aha effect
    • 2004 September 23, London Review of Books:
      There is no serendipity without a flash of insight from left field, an oblique eureka effect.

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