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[in-ven-shuhn]

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noun

the act of inventing.

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.

anything invented or devised.

the power or faculty of inventing, devising, or originating.

an act or instance of creating or producing by exercise of the imagination, especially in art, music, etc.

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something fabricated, as a false statement.

Sociology. the creation of a new culture trait, pattern, etc.

Music. a short piece, contrapuntal in nature, generally based on one subject.

Rhetoric. (traditionally) one of the five steps in speech preparation, the process of choosing ideas appropriate to the subject, audience, and occasion.

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Archaic. the act of finding.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English invencio(u)n < Latin inventiōn- (stem of inventiō) a finding out, equivalent to invent(us) (see invent) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

in·ven·tion·al, adjective

in·ven·tion·less, adjective

pre·in·ven·tion, noun

self-in·ven·tion, noun

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Example Sentences

American invention has done its full share in reducing the sum of human misery.

They also said that the way the invention was described in court was different from how it was portrayed in the patent.

It is doubtful if any one invention has revolutionised any one activity more than gunpowder revolutionised war.

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American invention has done its full share in reducing the sum of human misery.

They also said that the way the invention was described in court was different from how it was portrayed in the patent.

It is doubtful if any one invention has revolutionised any one activity more than gunpowder revolutionised war.

The invention of the streetcar made it possible for residents to commute from their homes to their city jobs.

In engineering terms, the best invention was the siphonic ush, which pulls the water out of the bowl and into the pipe.

But not until the invention of the airplane did the idea of photographing ruins become practical.

The law now grants patents to the first inventor who files for it, not the first to create an invention.

Atanasoff showed his invention to anyone who displayed interest.

Engineering requires creative, original, synthesis and invention.

Every new medium introduced since the invention of the printing press has molded our minds in different ways.

Invention of the stirrup may rival that of the longbow and gunpowder.

His invention allowed him to stow his bed in his closet, transforming his one-room apartment from a bedroom into a parlor.

If you can't see my face clearly, you may want to use my invention to evaluate the status of your eyes.

Newman had convinced many people that his invention worked.

Not much consolation for the company whose invention was copied, of course.

But it does not always demand much originality or power of invention.

Its invention is much too recent to have had an effect on the evolution of the human brain.

It turns out the fork is a relatively new invention.

By my lights, this was a pretty terrific invention for a sixth grader.

Kearns said a new combination of parts made his invention unique.

If an invention becomes obsoleted before its patent runs out then that patent is doing more harm than good.

Good invention for us spectators, and good too for film makers and their dollars.

Wells foresaw, decades in advance, the invention of the atomic bomb.

It's the incongruity of the patent holders with their invention, as much as the invention itself, that is remarkable.

We increase our lives and living standards through invention and innovation.

Human molars and jaws responded to the invention of cooking by getting smaller.

It may be equally likely that the story is a pure invention.

The invention isn't the skate itself, but the piece of metal at the back that allows you to slow down.

The invention of agriculture, which generates a surplus that can be stored and also gives value to land, permitted this to change.

They called their invention an optical maser--basing the name on an earlier technique for amplifying microwaves.

In terms of human evolution, cities are a relatively modern invention.

The story of reading's development is a complex tale of equal parts human invention and neural plasticity.

Imagine being in the room to witness the genesis of an invention that would profoundly change human civilization.

There is a big difference between an invention and a discovery of a natural substance.

The invention of the spear brought about a long period of nonviolence between early humans, a new report says.

Crookman markets his invention as the solution to the race.

Another problem is that first-to-file may make companies rush to put in for a patent before their invention is truly ready.

Centuries of advances in chemistry and optics, including the invention of the camera obscura, set.

On the other hand, the invention could make cameras simpler in some ways.

Of course, the two blond, blue-eyed heroes also are responsible for every technological invention of the neolithic.

Innovation and invention is the key to continuing gains in prosperity.

Centuries of advances in chemistry and optics, including the invention of the camera.

With the invention of photography, it became the business of the photographer too.

It makes little difference to the human community from which university useful knowledge and invention come from.

The invention of modern, synthetic insecticides has more or less killed that practice off.

The impact of instantaneous photography, as the invention is called, is hard to overstate.

Before the invention of artificial light, many artists could only work during the day.

People have been living in those places and commuting into the city since the invention of the automobile.

Strictly speaking, his invention is not so much self-erasing ink as self-erasing paper.

They are always on the go because their father is afraid that those chasing them will use his invention for evil purposes.

Many will come to see the invention as a bane of urban living.

And the administration does not help with it's over-emphasis on publication and the invention of knowledge.

If the cost of solar power decreases with the invention of cheaper technologies, there are still hurdles for homeowners.

Invention after invention poured into the patent office.

His scratching has led to the invention of new electronic devices, novel approaches.

His invention made black powder explosives safer, and thus more practical.

The modern obsession with science and invention was a moral regression to the primitive condition of the first toolmakers.

To celebrate the invention that spews twenties at two in the morning, we're spitting out.

There was a rumor that he had something to do with the invention of the microwave, not sure though.

But structure, content and invention weaken calamitously.

Not only did they put the invention of the airplane in a useful.

The recycling breakthrough invention of the aluminum can comes to mind, as well as the double-barreled beer hat.

Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and rethinking to revise their work.

Some are the consequence of a brilliant new invention.

Considering that beer's invention was probably related to bread making, it seems fitting to combine the two.

Bell's invention has little or no comparision with the expectations reflected in the.

Patent examiners typically know less about an invention than the applicant.

It may have tripled its efficiency since its invention.

Before the invention of recording music, the present form of the music industry would have been totally inconceivable.

The internet is as much a trade pact as an invention.

Commending an invention for facilitating child labor is now a matter of distant history.

In the first place, for-profitness is hardly a marvelous new invention.

Progress and improvement can only be reached through re-examination and invention.

But for now he takes his comfort from the sight of his invention helping others to stand tall.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

invention (ɪnˈvɛnʃən)

—n
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

in'ventional

—*adj*

in'ventionless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

invention

mid-14c., from L. inventionem (nom. inventio) "a finding, discovery," from inventus, pp. of invenire "devise, discover, find," from in- "in, on" + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning of "thing invented" is first recorded 1510s. Invent is from late 15c. Etymological sense

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preserved in Invention of the Cross, Church festival (May 3) celebrating the reputed finding of the Cross of the Crucifixion by Helena, mother of Constantine, in 326 C.E.

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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

invention

in music, any of a number of markedly dissimilar compositional forms dating from the 16th century to the present. While its exact meaning has never been defined, the term has often been affixed to compositions of a novel, progressive character-i.e., compositions that do not fit established categories. The earliest-known use of the term in Premier livre des inventions musicales (1555; "First Book of Musical Inventions") by the Frenchman Clement Janequin clearly alludes to the composer's highly original programmatic chansons-secular French part-songs containing extramusical allusions (e.g., imitations of battle sounds and birdcalls). Similarly capricious or novel effects occur in John Dowland's Invention for Two to Play upon One Lute (1597); Lodovico da Viadana's Cento concerti ecclesiasticiNova inventione (1602; "One-Hundred Ecclesiastical ConcertiNew Invention"), the first sacred collection to require a basso continuo; and Antonio Vivaldi's Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione, Opus 8 (1720; "The Contest Between Harmony and Invention"), which contains, among others, a number of programmatic concerti

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