2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invention \In*ven"tion\, n. [L. inventio: cf F. invention. See
{Invent}.]
1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or
construction of that which has not before existed; as the
invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of
printing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
invention
n 1: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {innovation}, {excogitation},
{conception}, {design}]
2: a new device or process created by study and experimentation
[syn: {innovation}]
3: the act of inventing
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