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Invention - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Invention : (noun)
1: the creation of something in the mind [syn: innovation, excogitation,
conception, design]
2: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study
and experimentation [syn: innovation]
3: the act of inventing
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INVENTION. A contrivance; a discovery. It is in this sense this word is used
in the patent laws of the United States. 17 Pet. 228; S. C. 1 How. U. S.
202. It signifies not something which has been found ready made, but
something which, in consequence of art or accident, has been formed; for the
Invention : must relate to some new or useful art, machine, manufacture, or
composition of matter, not before known or used by others. Act of July 4,
1836, 4 Sharsw. continuation of Story's L. U.S. 2506; 1 Mason, R. 302; 4
Wash. C. C. R. 9. Vide Patent. By invention, the civilians understand the
finding of some things which had not been lost; they must either have
abandoned, or they must have never belonged to any one, as a pearl found on
the sea shore. Lec. Elem Sec. 350.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Invention |
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sinnersandsaint: 1940 - Mother of Invention Frank Zappa born, Baltimore, Maryland. http://bit.ly/10SCtB |
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literature_book: Affective Meditation and the Invention of Medieval Compassion (The Middle Ages Series) - by Sarah McNamer. http://j.mp/5K16iE |
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timkirkby: Due to the outstanding qualities possesed by the speaker board, cruise control will have too settle for second best Invention in history. |
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