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Innovation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Innovation : (noun)
1: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study
and experimentation [syn: invention]
2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention, excogitation,
conception, design]
3: the act of starting something for the first time;
introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
introduction" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation,
institution, origination, creation, introduction,
instauration]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INNOVATION, Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so that
the second shall come in the place of the first. Bell's Scotch Law Dict. h.
t. The same as Novation. (q. v.)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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