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invention

[ in-ven-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of inventing.
  2. U.S. Patent Law. a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.
  3. anything invented or devised.
  4. the power or faculty of inventing, devising, or originating.
  5. an act or instance of creating or producing by exercise of the imagination, especially in art, music, etc.
  6. something fabricated, as a false statement.
  7. Sociology. the creation of a new culture trait, pattern, etc.
  8. Music. a short piece, contrapuntal in nature, generally based on one subject.
  9. Rhetoric. (traditionally) one of the five steps in speech preparation, the process of choosing ideas appropriate to the subject, audience, and occasion.
  10. Archaic. the act of finding.


invention

/ 瑟苍藞惫蓻苍蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the act or process of inventing
  2. something that is invented
  3. 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. (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 a short piece consisting of two or three parts usually in imitative counterpoint
  8. sociol the creation of a new cultural pattern or trait
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈苍藞惫别苍迟颈辞苍补濒, adjective
  • 颈苍藞惫别苍迟颈辞苍濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍路惫别苍顎僼颈辞苍路补濒 adjective
  • 颈苍路惫别苍顎僼颈辞苍路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 辫谤别顎卛苍路惫别苍顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-颈苍路惫别苍顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of invention1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English invencio(u)n, from Latin 颈苍惫别苍迟颈艒苍-, stem of 颈苍惫别苍迟颈艒 鈥渄iscovery, finding out鈥; equivalent to invent + -ion
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Other children are enthusiastically showcasing their inventions: 亚洲网紅露点, robots, apps and smart home projects.

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James Bruton, who builds all of his inventions in a secret location in Hampshire, used to work in IT and was a toy maker before switching to being a "full-time internet creator".

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Primary school children send in their invention ideas and Ruth and her colleague Shawn bring them to life.

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They鈥檙e inventions of character, against type, and of how our lives rebound off one another.

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The greatest invention of the Industrial Age isn鈥檛 the iPhone or lithium-ion batteries or even the internal combustion engine 鈥 it鈥檚 public health.

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