invention
n. act of inventing; something invented; creativity, resourcefulness; fabrication, falsehood; short composition (Music) | ||||
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Invention Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Invention
(n.)
Thought; idea.
(n.)
The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.
(n.)
The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
(n.)
The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
(n.)
That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.
(n.)
A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
(n.)
Thought; idea.
(n.)
The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.
(n.)
The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
(n.)
The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.
(n.)
That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.
(n.)
A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
| WordNet 2.0 |
invention
Noun
1. the creation of something in the mind
(synonym) innovation, excogitation, conception, design
(hypernym) creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
(hyponym) concoction
(derivation) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
(synonym) innovation
(hypernym) creation
3. the act of inventing
(hypernym) creating by mental acts
(hyponym) neologism, neology, coinage
(derivation) fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
Noun
1. the creation of something in the mind
(synonym) innovation, excogitation, conception, design
(hypernym) creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
(hyponym) concoction
(derivation) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
(synonym) innovation
(hypernym) creation
3. the act of inventing
(hypernym) creating by mental acts
(hyponym) neologism, neology, coinage
(derivation) fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
| Shakespeare Words |
invention
falsehood
falsehood
| hEnglish - advanced version |
invention
invention
\in*ven"tion\ (?), n. [l. inventio: cf. f. invention. see invent.]
1. the act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing. as the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man.
2. that which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of esop; that falsehood was her own invention. we entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished.
3. thought; idea.
4. a fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood. filling their hearers with strange invention.
5. the faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention. they lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, for a poet is a maker.
6. (fine arts, rhet., etc.) the exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
invention
of the cross (eccl.), a festival celebrated may 3d, in honor of the finding of our savior's cross by st. helena.
similar words(1)
invention of the cross
invention
\in*ven"tion\ (?), n. [l. inventio: cf. f. invention. see invent.]
1. the act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing. as the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man.
2. that which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of esop; that falsehood was her own invention. we entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished.
3. thought; idea.
4. a fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood. filling their hearers with strange invention.
5. the faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention. they lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, for a poet is a maker.
6. (fine arts, rhet., etc.) the exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.
invention
of the cross (eccl.), a festival celebrated may 3d, in honor of the finding of our savior's cross by st. helena.
similar words(1)
invention of the cross
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Dychymyg
Dychymyg = n. invention; a riddle or enigma
Dychymyg = n. invention; a riddle or enigma
Dyfais
Dyfais = n. device, invention
Dyfeisiad
Dyfeisiad = n. invention
Invention Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Invention
A new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, or product. An invention is also a new, useful, and nonobvious improvement of a process, machine, or product.
Not every invention can be patented. Before an invention can be patented certain conditions must be met.
Inventions that involve processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter, and any improvement thereof, can be patented.
The invention must be new, useful, and, even though new, it must have been nonobvious at the time it was invented.
A new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, or product. An invention is also a new, useful, and nonobvious improvement of a process, machine, or product.
Not every invention can be patented. Before an invention can be patented certain conditions must be met.
Inventions that involve processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter, and any improvement thereof, can be patented.
The invention must be new, useful, and, even though new, it must have been nonobvious at the time it was invented.
| USPTO Patent and Trademark Glossary |
invention
any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable under the patent laws of the United States.
-- see 35 USC 100 for more
Context: Patent
any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable under the patent laws of the United States.
-- see 35 USC 100 for more
Context: Patent
| PATENTSCOPE® Glossary |
Invention
An invention or innovation is the creation of a new technical idea and of the physical means to accomplish. To be patentable, an invention must be novel, be useful, and differ from what skilled people in the technology area might expect.
An invention or innovation is the creation of a new technical idea and of the physical means to accomplish. To be patentable, an invention must be novel, be useful, and differ from what skilled people in the technology area might expect.
Invention Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Invention
fereik-vel
fereik-vel
| English - Klingon |
invention
n. chab (slang)
n. chab (slang)
Invention Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Heshbon
invention; industry
invention; industry
Invention Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Invention
An invention is an object, process, or technique which displays an element of novelty. An invention may sometimes be based on earlier developments, collaborations or ideas, and the process of invention requires at least the awareness that an existing concept or method can be modified or transformed into an invention. However, some inventions also represent a radical breakthrough in science or technology which extends the boundaries of human knowledge. Legal protection can sometimes be granted to an invention by way of a patent.
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