invention | ||
1. | [ noun ] a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation | |
Synonyms: | innovation | |
Related terms: | creation introduce | |
2. | [ noun ] the creation of something in the mind | |
Synonyms: | innovation conception design excogitation | |
Related terms: | creativity contrivance concoction invent design | |
3. | [ noun ] the act of inventing | |
Related terms: | creating_by_mental_acts neologism devisal fabricate | |
Similar spelling: |
invent inventorying inventive inventively inventor invented inventory Infantino infant Infante in_vain |