invention | | |
n. (cognition) | 1. conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention | the creation of something in the mind. |
| ~ creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | the ability to create. |
| ~ concoction | the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose.; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories" |
| ~ contrivance | the faculty of contriving; inventive skill.; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" |
n. (artifact) | 2. innovation, invention | a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation. |
| ~ creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
n. (act) | 3. invention | the act of inventing. |
| ~ creating by mental acts | the act of creating something by thinking. |
| ~ neologism, neology, coinage | the act of inventing a word or phrase. |
| ~ devisal, contrivance | the act of devising something. |
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