invention
31invention — noun 1 (C) a useful machine, tool, instrument etc that has been invented: The dishwasher is a wonderful invention. 2 (U) the act of inventing something: The invention of the computer has revolutionized the business world. 3 (C, U) a story,… …
32invention — noun a) Something invented. My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time. b) The capacity to invent. Im afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeepers invention. Syn: discovery See Also …
33Invention — In|ven|ti|on 〈[ vɛn ] f. 20〉 1. 〈veraltet〉 Erfindung 2. 〈Mus.〉 eine besondere Art der musikal. Erfindung (bei C. Jannequin für seine Programm Chansons, bei J. S. Bach für kleine zwei u. dreistimmige Klavierstücke im Imitationsstil) 3. 〈Rhet.〉… …
34invention — noun 1) the invention of the telescope Syn: origination, creation, innovation, devising, development, design 2) medieval inventions Syn: innovation, creation, design, contraption, contrivance …
35invention — noun 1) the invention of the telescope Syn: origination, creation, development, design, discovery 2) medieval inventions Syn: innovation, creation, contraption, contrivance, device …
36invention — išradimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. invention vok. Erfindung, f rus. изобретение, n pranc. invention, f …
37invention — noun 1》 the action of inventing. ↘something, typically a process or device, that has been invented. ↘a fabricated story. 2》 creative ability: his powers of invention were rather limited …
38invention*/ — [ɪnˈvenʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] 1) something that someone has made, designed, or thought of for the first time, or the act of inventing something Inventions like the electric light bulb changed the way people lived.[/ex] the invention of the… …
39invention — A creation of something new. Within the meaning of the patent laws:–an operation of the intellect, a product of intuition, of something akin to genius, as distinguished from mere mechanical skill. 40 Am J1st Pat § 40. A word impossible of… …
40invention — see necessity is the mother of invention …
