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Princeton's WordNet
obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patencynoun
the property of being easy to see and understand
Wiktionary
obviousnessnoun
The characteristic of being obvious.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Obviousnessnoun
State of being evident or apparent.
Etymology: from obvious.
Slight experiments are more easily and cheaply tried; I thought their easiness or obviousness fitter to recommend than depreciate them. Boyle.
Wikipedia
obviousness
The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a general patentability requirement present in most patent laws, according to which an invention should be sufficiently inventive—i.e., non-obvious—in order to be patented. In other words, "[the] nonobviousness principle asks whether the invention is an adequate distance beyond or above the state of the art".The expression "inventive step" is predominantly used in Europe, while the expression "non-obviousness" is predominantly used in United States patent law. The expression "inventiveness" is sometimes used as well. Although the basic principle is roughly the same, the assessment of the inventive step and non-obviousness varies from one country to another. For instance, the practice of the European Patent Office (EPO) differs from the practice in the United Kingdom.
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obviousness
Obviousness is the quality or state of being easily perceived, understood, or recognized clearly and unmistakably by the mind or senses. It refers to something that is not requiring significant thought or investigation to be seen, noticed or comprehended.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obviousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obviousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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- وArabic
- obvietatCatalan, Valencian
- evidentecoEsperanto
- obviedadSpanish
- ovvietàItalian
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