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1. (n.) invention
the act of inventing.
2. invention
U.S. Patent Law. a new process, machine, improvement, etc., that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius.
3. invention
anything invented or devised.
4. invention
the power or faculty of inventing or originating.
5. invention
an act or instance of creating by exercise of the imagination, esp. in art, music, etc.
6. invention
something fabricated, as a false statement.
7. invention
a short contrapuntal musical composition for keyboard instrument.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L inventiō discovery)
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| Definition of 'Invention' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
the creation of something in the mind
2. (noun) invention, innovation
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
3. (noun) invention
the act of inventing
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1. (noun) invention
sth that has been invented or the process of inventing
an invention for saving electricity
2. invention
sth untrue thought up by sb
lies and inventions
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| Definition of 'Invention' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Invention
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
2. (noun) Invention
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
3. (noun) Invention
thought; idea
4. (noun) Invention
a fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood
5. (noun) Invention
the faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention
6. (noun) Invention
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
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Sense: the act of inventing or the ability to invent
He had great powers of invention.
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 Afrikaans: vindingryk |
 Arabic: إخْتِراع |
 Bulgarian: изобретяване |
 Brazilian: invenção |
 Czech: invence |
 German: die Erfindungsgabe |
 Danish: opfindelse |
 Greek: εφευρετικότητα, εφεύρεση |
 Spanish: invención |
 Estonian: leiutamine |
 Farsi: خلاقیت |
 Finnish: keksiminen |
 French: invention |
 Hebrew: הַמצָאָה |
 Hindi: आविष्कार |
 Croatian: domišljatost |
 Hungarian: kiagyalás |
 Indonesian: penciptaan |
 Icelandic: uppfinning/-götvun |
 Italian: invenzione |
 Japanese: 発明 |
 Korean: 발명 |
 Lithuanian: išradimas |
 Latvian: izgudrošana; izdomāšana |
 Malay: penciptaan |
 Dutch: het uitvinden, vindingrij |
 Norwegian: oppfinnelse(sevne) |
 Polish: wynalazczość |
 Persian: خلاقيت، اختراع |
 Pashto: د يو شې يا نظر منځ ته راو |
 Portuguese: invenção |
 Romanian: inventivitate |
 Russian: изобретательность |
 Slovak: invencia |
 Slovenian: izumljanje |
 Serbian: izmišljanje |
 Swedish: uppfinning, uppfinnande, |
 Thai: การประดิษฐ์ |
 Turkish: icat etme, bulma |
 Taiwanese: 發明力 |
 Ukrainian: вигадка, вимисел |
 Urdu: اختراعی عمل |
 Vietnamese: khả năng phát minh |
 Chinese: 创造力 |
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