aha moment
See also: aha! moment
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Noun
[edit]aha moment (plural aha moments)
- (idiomatic) The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.
- 1994 January 30, Peter Rainer, “Spielberg backlash strikes ‘Schindler’”, in Toledo Blade, USA, retrieved 15 August 2012, page E2:
- We are never made to understand why Oskar Schindler, the Nazi war profiteer, risked his life to save more than 1,200 Jews; there is no defining Aha! moment that accounts for his heroism.
- 2007 March 8, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, “The Zeal For the Job”, in Time:
- Her aha moment came in 2003: "This, I realized, was my passion."
- 2009 May 28, Miguel Helft, “Microsoft’s Search for a Name Ends With a Bing”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 August 2012:
- Microsoft’s marketing gurus hope that Bing will evoke […] a sound — the ringing of a bell that signals the “aha” moment when a search leads to an answer.
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[edit]instance of becoming clear
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