SANE
noun1
Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of sexual assault nurse examiner.
2
Astrophysics Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of SANE disc, a type of black hole accretion disc.
sane
adjalso spelled SANE/seɪn/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
1
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
- a sane mind
2
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
- a sane person
- Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant? Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin. Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left! Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
3
Rational; reasonable; sensible.
- Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
- Synonyms
- in one's right mind, play with a full deck, sane, balanced, compos mentis, in possession of one's faculties, lucid, rational, reasonable, sound-minded
- Antonyms
- insane, crazy, unbalanced, nonsane, unsane
- Related terms
- sanity, mental health, compos mentis, right-minded, nome sane
- Hypernyms
- healthy