train of thinking

A form of train of thought — The flow of thinking; a sequence of ideas passing through someone’s mind.

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Meanings

nountrain of thinking (plural trains of thinking)

plural trains of thinking

  1. alternativeAlternative form of train of thought.
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    Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking.

    1895, H. G. Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine
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