in·ven·tion ( n-v n sh n)n. 1. The act or process of inventing: used a technique of her own invention. 2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation: the phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison. 3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood. 4. Skill in inventing; inventiveness: "the invention and sweep of the staging" (John Simon). 5. Music A short composition developing a single theme contrapuntally. 6. A discovery; a finding. [Middle English invencioun, scheme, plan, from Old French invencion, a finding out, from Latin inventi  , inventin-, inventiveness, from inventus, past participle of inven re, to find; see invent.]in·ven tion·al adj. |
invention [ɪnˈvɛnʃən]
n
1. the act or process of inventing
2. something that is invented
3. (Law) Patent law the discovery or production of some new or improved process or machine that is both useful and is not obvious to persons skilled in the particular field
4. creative power or ability; inventive skill
5. Euphemistic a fabrication; lie
6. (Literature / Rhetoric) (in traditional rhetoric) one of the five steps in preparing a speech or discourse: the process of finding suitable topics on which to talk or write
7. (Music / Classical Music) Music a short piece consisting of two or three parts usually in imitative counterpoint
8. (Sociology) Sociol the creation of a new cultural pattern or trait
inventional adj
inventionless adj
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| Noun | 1. |  invention - the creation of something in the mindconcoction - the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories" contrivance - the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" |
| 2. |  invention - a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentationcreation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone | |
| 3. | invention - the act of inventing creating by mental acts - the act of creating something by thinking devisal, contrivance - the act of devising something |
invention
noun
1. creation, machine, device, design, development, instrument, discovery, innovation, gadget, brainchild (informal), contraption, contrivance It's been tricky marketing his new invention.
2. development, design, production, setting up, foundation, construction, constitution, creation, discovery, introduction, establishment, pioneering, formation, innovation, conception, masterminding, formulation, inception, contrivance, origination fifty years after the invention of the printing press
3. fiction, story, fantasy, lie, yarn, fabrication, concoction, falsehood, fib (informal), untruth, urban myth, prevarication, tall story (informal), urban legend, figment or product of (someone's) imagination The story was undoubtedly pure invention.
4. creativity, vision, imagination, initiative, enterprise, inspiration, genius, brilliance, ingenuity, originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness, creativeness, ingeniousness, imaginativeness powers of invention and mathematical ability
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