имя существительное [религия, японский язык]; то же, что и Zen Buddhism дзен(-буддизм) (религиозное течение в Японии, проповедующее созерцание и интуицию как основу просветления)
noun Etymology: Japanese, religious meditation a Japanese sect of Mahayana Buddhism that aims at enlightenment by direct intuition through meditation
To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally applied to problems of life in general. "How'd you figure out the buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." Contrast grok, which connotes a time-extended version of zenning a system. Compare hack mode. See also guru.