CEREBRAL

cerebral, intellectual

(adjective) involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; “a cerebral approach to the problem”; “cerebral drama”

cerebral

(adjective) of or relating to the cerebrum or brain; “cerebral hemisphere”; “cerebral activity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

(anatomy, medicine) Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

Intellectual rather than emotional.

Coordinate term: visceral

Etymology 2

Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

(linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

Source: Wiktionary


Cer"e*bral, a. Etym: [L. cerebrum brain; akin to Gr. cérébral. See Cheer.] (Anat.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. Cerebral apoplexy. See under Apoplexy.

Cer"e*bral, n. Etym: [A false translation of the Skr. murdhanya, lit., head-sounds.]

Definition: One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.

Note: Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HYPOTHETICAL

(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”


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