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invention
(/I/n'v/E/n/S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • the creation of something in the mind(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    innovation
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of inventing(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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