The physicist's intuition that the data contained an error led her to reexamine the experiment and discover a calibration mistake.
物理学家直觉认为数据中有错误，这促使她重新检查实验并发现了校准失误。
Which choice best defines “intuition”?
C — The ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.. “intuition” means the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning..
Which word means “the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.”?
D — intuition. “intuition” means the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning..
intuition — the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.. In Chinese: 直觉，直观.
intuition is pronounced /ɪnˈtuːɪʃn/.
The physicist's intuition that the data contained an error led her to reexamine the experiment and discover a calibration mistake. (物理学家直觉认为数据中有错误，这促使她重新检查实验并发现了校准失误。)
instinct, insight, hunch — all close in meaning to intuition (the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.).
reason, analysis — each the opposite of intuition (the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.).
Yes. intuition is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in(inside) + tuition(teaching) → internal teaching → intuition.