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1. brainsnoun

   Intelligence; aptitude; mental capability.

2. brainsnoun

   The brain of one or more animals used as food.

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1. brains

   A brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision. It is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately 14–16 billion neurons, and the estimated number of neurons in the cerebellum is 55–70 billion. Each neuron is connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons typically communicate with one another by means of long fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells. Physiologically, brains exert centralized control over a body's other organs. They act on the rest of the body both by generating patterns of muscle activity and by driving the secretion of chemicals called hormones. This centralized control allows rapid and coordinated responses to changes in the environment. Some basic types of responsiveness such as reflexes can be mediated by the spinal cord or peripheral ganglia, but sophisticated purposeful control of behavior based on complex sensory input requires the information integrating capabilities of a centralized brain. The operations of individual brain cells are now understood in considerable detail but the way they cooperate in ensembles of millions is yet to be solved. Recent models in modern neuroscience treat the brain as a biological computer, very different in mechanism from an electronic computer, but similar in the sense that it acquires information from the surrounding world, stores it, and processes it in a variety of ways. This article compares the properties of brains across the entire range of animal species, with the greatest attention to vertebrates. It deals with the human brain insofar as it shares the properties of other brains. The ways in which the human brain differs from other brains are covered in the human brain article. Several topics that might be covered here are instead covered there because much more can be said about them in a human context. The most important that are covered in the human brain article are brain disease and the effects of brain damage.

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1. brains

   Plural form of the word brain.

   The group put their brains and minds collective knowing together to create a just and fair solution.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 7, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brains in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brains in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of brains in a Sentence

1. James Gardiner:

   Our brains rely heavily on glucose for energy,.. but in our evolutionary past it would have been hard to come by. So we have a deep-rooted preference for glucose-rich foods and seek them out.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.

3. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in.

4. Baltasar Gracian:

   It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

5. Godfather, The:

   Sonny Hey, whataya gonna do, nice college boy, eh Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit Hah What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing. you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit.

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