EEG

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A form of electroencephalogram — A recording of electrical brain activity (brain waves) made by an electroencephalograph.

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Meanings

nounEEG (countable and uncountable, plural EEGs)

plural EEGs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismmedicineInitialism of electroencephalogram.
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    Davide Valeriani, senior research officer at University of Essex’s BCI-NE Lab, is using an electroencephalogram (EEG)-based BCI to tap into the unconscious minds of people as they make decisions. “Everyone who makes decisions wears the EEG cap, which is part of a BCI, a tool to help measure EEG activity ... it measures electrical activity to gather patterns associated with confident or non-confident decisions,” says Valeriani.

    2018 January 1, Sarah Marsh, “Neurotechnology, Elon Musk and the goal of human enhancement”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismmedicineInitialism of electroencephalograph.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of electroencephalography.
    1 more example

    Indeed, while many philosophers of language in the 20th century proposed that we think in sentence-like strings of language, use of brain imaging technology like electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography (ECoG) has since revealed that thinking more probably happens in a complex combination of images and associations.

    2019 October 24, Oscar Schwartz, “Mind-reading tech? How private companies could gain access to our brains”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph

Broader
graphgraphical recordgraphical recording

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “EEG,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EEG.

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