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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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