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noun
1.
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
2.
an invention or process protected by this right.
3.
an official document conferring such a right; letters patent.
4.
the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land.
adjective pa·tent (for 10, 12–15.)
6.
protected by a patent; patented: a patent cooling device.
7.
pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, especially on inventions: a patent attorney; patent law.
8.
conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege.
9.
holding a patent, as a person.
10.
EXPANDreadily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners.
11.
made of patent leather: patent shoes.
12.
lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field.
13.
Chiefly Botany. expanded or spreading.
14.
open, as a doorway or a passage.
15.
COLLAPSEPhonetics. open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream.
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Patents
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
verb (used with object)
16.
to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent.
17.
to originate and establish as one's own.
18.
Metallurgy. to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing.
19.
to grant (public land) by a patent.
Origin:
1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English < Latin patent- (stem of patēns) open, orig. present participle of patēre to stand wide open; (noun) Middle English, short for letters patent, translation of Medieval Latin litterae patentēs open letters
1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English < Latin patent- (stem of patēns) open, orig. present participle of patēre to stand wide open; (noun) Middle English, short for letters patent, translation of Medieval Latin litterae patentēs open letters
Related forms
pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty, noun
pat·ent·a·bly, adverb
pa·tent·ly, adverb
non·pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty, noun
EXPANDnon·pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
non·pat·ent·ed, adjective
non·pat·ent·ly, adverb
pre·pat·ent, noun, verb (used with object)
un·pat·ent, adjective
un·pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
un·pat·ent·ed, adjective
COLLAPSEAntonyms
10. dim, obscure, hidden.
10. dim, obscure, hidden.
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