What does invention mean?
Definitions for invention
ɪnˈvɛn ʃənin·ven·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design(noun)
the creation of something in the mind
invention, innovation(noun)
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
invention(noun)
the act of inventing
GCIDE
Invention(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; she patented five inventions.
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Wiktionary
invention(Noun)
Something invented.
invention(Noun)
The act of inventing.
The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.
invention(Noun)
The capacity to invent.
It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
invention(Noun)
A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach's Two- and Three-part Inventions.
I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
invention(Noun)
The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
Webster Dictionary
Invention(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Invention(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Invention(noun)
thought; idea
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Invention(noun)
a fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Invention(noun)
the faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Invention(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent.]
Freebase
Invention
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or product, or a new process for creating an object or a result. An invention that achieves a completely unique function or result may be a radical breakthrough. Such works are novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field. Some inventions can be patented. 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 from country to 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. Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.
Editors Contribution
invention
To create or design a just and fair item for the shared prosperity of every human being, animal or ecology system.
The invention was created efficiently as we needed it.
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'invention' in Nouns Frequency: #2530
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of invention in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of invention in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of invention in a Sentence
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.
About 140+ years ago, on May 20, 1873, the U.S. patent 139,121 covering the invention of 'Jeans' was issued to two American inventors, Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss. Most of the inventors, even today, secretly wish that they had invented Jeans, because of the beauty and grace, coupled with simplicity and comfort, that blue Jeans have created in our world. I love wearing Jeans as casual wear during the weekends. I also think that whenever a celebrity or a beauty or a genius wears jeans, it always makes the most impactful fashion statement.
Mikhail Gorbachev, June 8, 1990:
The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.
The invention of bitcoin and the underlying blockchain [ that supports it ] has allowed us all to reimagine money, we are seeing a new parallel financial system being built in real time.
Most entrepreneurs think that insufficient capital goes against them. You die due to indigestion, not due to hunger. Necessity is the mother of invention.
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- uitvindingAfrikaans
- اختراعArabic
- ixtiraAzerbaijani
- вынаходстваBelarusian
- изобретениеBulgarian
- আবিষ্কারBengali
- invencióCatalan, Valencian
- vynálezCzech
- opfindelseDanish
- Einfallsreichtum, Invention, Erfindung, ErfindenGerman
- εφεύρεσηGreek
- inventoEsperanto
- invenciónSpanish
- leiutisEstonian
- اختراعPersian
- inventio, keksintö, keksiminen, kekseliäisyysFinnish
- inventionFrench
- aireagánIrish
- invento, invenciónGalician
- הַמְצָאָהHebrew
- आविष्कारHindi
- találmányHungarian
- գյուտArmenian
- uppfinningIcelandic
- invenzione, inventioneItalian
- 発明, インベンションJapanese
- გამოგონებისაGeorgian
- ការប្រឌិត, ប្រឌិតKhmer
- 發明, 발명Korean
- išradimasLithuanian
- izgudrojumsLatvian
- пронајдок, изумMacedonian
- invenzjoniMaltese
- oppfinnelseNorwegian
- uitvindingDutch
- wynalazekPolish
- invençãoPortuguese
- invenție, invențiiRomanian
- изобретение, инвенция, изобретательностьRussian
- изум, izumSerbo-Croatian
- vynálezSlovak
- izumSlovene
- shpikjeAlbanian
- uppfinning, inventionSwedish
- imbensiyonTagalog
- buluş, icatTurkish
- винахідUkrainian
- phát minh, 發明Vietnamese
- datuvotVolapük
- 发明Chinese
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