Definitions for Inventions
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1. inventions

   An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an idea is unique enough either as a stand alone invention or as a significant improvement over the work of others, it can be patented. A patent, if granted, gives the inventor a proprietary interest in the patent over a specific period of time, which can be licensed for financial gain. An inventor creates or discovers an invention. The word inventor comes from the Latin verb invenire, invent-, to find. Although inventing is closely associated with science and engineering, inventors are not necessarily engineers or scientists. Due to advances in artificial intelligence, the term "inventor" no longer exclusively applies to an occupation (see human computers).Some inventions can be patented. The system of patents was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly on inventions determined to be sufficiently novel, non-obvious, and useful. A patent legally protects the intellectual property rights of the inventor and legally recognizes that a claimed invention is actually an invention. The rules and requirements for patenting an invention vary by country and the process of obtaining a patent is often expensive. Another meaning of invention is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviours adopted by people and passed on to others. The Institute for Social Inventions collected many such ideas in magazines and books. Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.

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1. inventionsnoun

   Plural noun of the word invention.

   The company created many new inventions that helped to increase their profit which they distributed within employees, management and the business.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 13, 2016  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inventions in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inventions in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Inventions in a Sentence

1. Madame Chiang:

   Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in direct proportion to its achievements in assisting to annihilate suspicion and misunderstanding among provincial officials far removed from one another or from the officials at the seat of government.

2. Claude M. Bristol:

   Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

3. Bertrand Russell:

   Order, unity and continuity are human inventions just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

4. Andre Maurois:

   We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love.

5. Thomas Paine:

   All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions