Search Result for "lateral thinking":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lateral thinking
    n 1: a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the
         problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on