brainpower

[ breyn-pou-er ]
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noun
  1. intellectual capacity; mental ability.

  2. people with superior mental abilities: an emergency medical conference of all available brainpower.

Origin of brainpower

1
First recorded in 1875–80; brain + power

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British Dictionary definitions for brainpower

brainpower

/ (ˈbreɪnˌpaʊə) /


noun
  1. intelligence; mental ability

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