Invention
21invention — [[t]ɪnve̱nʃ(ə)n[/t]] inventions 1) N COUNT An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. It s been a tricky business marketing his new invention... The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention. 2) N UNCOUNT: oft N… …
22invention — noun 1 new thing ADJECTIVE ▪ latest, new ▪ modern, newfangled ▪ brilliant, ingenious, wonderful ▪ …
23invention — n. 1) to come up with an invention 2) to patent, register an invention 3) to market, promote an invention 4) an ingenious invention * * * [ɪn venʃ(ə)n] promote an invention register an invention an ingenious invention to come up with aninvention… …
24invention */*/ — UK [ɪnˈvenʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms invention : singular invention plural inventions 1) a) [countable] a machine, tool, or system that someone has made, designed, or thought of for the first time Inventions like the electric light bulb changed… …
25Invention — Der in der musikalischen Formenlehre verwendete Begriff Invention (von lateinisch invenire entdecken, erfinden, bzw. inventio Einfall) ist nicht klar definiert. Er ist seit der Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts gebräuchlich und hat eine der folgenden… …
26invention — inventional, adj. inventionless, adj. /in ven sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of inventing. 2. U.S. Patent Law. a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition …
27invention — In patent law, the act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing something not previously known or existing, by the exercise of independent investigation and experiment. Also the article or contrivance or… …
28invention — In patent law, the act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing something not previously known or existing, by the exercise of independent investigation and experiment. Also the article or contrivance or… …
29invention — in|ven|tion [ınˈvenʃən] n 1.) 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 …
30invention — in|ven|tion [ ın venʃən ] noun ** 1. ) count a machine, tool, or system that someone has made, designed, or thought of for the first time: Inventions like the electric light bulb changed the way people lived. a ) uncount the act of inventing… …
