2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Innovation \In`no*va"tion\, n. [L. innovatio; cf F.
innovation.]
1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new in
customs, rites, etc --Dryden.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;
something new and contrary to established customs,
manners, or rites. --Bacon.
The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness,
but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto
innovations. --Hooker.
3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced
addition to the stems of many mosses.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
innovation
n 1: a new device or process created by study and experimentation
[syn: {invention}]
2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {invention}, {excogitation},
{conception}, {design}]
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