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The definition of invention
8 Definitions of: invention
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- noun, the act or process of inventing
- noun, something that is invented
- noun, 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
- noun, creative power or ability; inventive skill
- noun, a fabrication; lie
- noun, (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
- noun, music a short piece consisting of two or three parts usually in imitative counterpoint
- noun, sociol the creation of a new cultural pattern or trait
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| Synonyms: | inspiration, innovation, resourceful, creative, enterprise, creation, yarn, vision, ingenious, instrument | And more... |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of invention