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Invention

invention
- c.1400, from L. inventionem "a finding, discovery," from stem of invenire "devise, discover, find," from in- "in, on" + venire "come." Meaning of "thing invented" is first recorded 1531.
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1.
  ~ n 1 a useful machine, tool, instrument etc that has been invented  (The dishwasher is a wonderful invention.) 2 the act of inventing something  (The invention of the computer has revolutionized the business world.) 3 a story, explanation etc that is not true  (They subsequently admitted that the story was pure invention.) 4 the ability to think of new and clever ideas  (They accused the painter of a total lack of invention.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (inventions) 1. An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention. N-COUNT 2. Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before. ...the invention of the telephone. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 3. If you refer to someone’s account of something as an invention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention. = fabrication N-VAR 4. Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas. ...his great powers of invention. = creativity N-UNCOUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Date: 14th century  1. discovery, finding  2. productive imagination ; inventiveness  3.  a. something invented: as  (1) a product of the imagination; especially a false conception  (2) a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experiment  b. a short keyboard composition featuring two- or three-part counterpoint  4. the act or process of inventing ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  n. 1 the process of inventing. 2 a thing invented; a contrivance, esp. one for which a patent is granted. 3 a fictitious story. 4 inventiveness. 5 Mus. a short piece for keyboard, developing a simple idea. Etymology: ME f. L inventio (as INVENT) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  1) изобретательность 2) изобретательство 3) изобретение reduce an invention to practice — внедрять изобретение ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
6.
  изобретение – invention covered by a patent – invention in contemplation – invention made in common – invention reduced to practice – to hide the invention – invention of application – invention of no avail – abandoned invention – accidental invention – actual invention – additional invention – AEC contract invention – aggregative invention – alleged invention – atomic energy invention – basic invention – biotechnological invention – broad invention – chemical invention – claimed invention – cognate inventions – combination invention – communicated inventions – company's invention – competing invention – complete invention – contemplated invention – dead wood invention – declassified invention – defense invention – dependent invention – derived invention – design invention – developing invention – disclosed invention – distinct invention – domestic invention – economic invention – efficiency promoting invention – employee's invention – epoch-making invention – finished invention – foreign invention – fraudulent invention – free invention – frivolous invention – fully disclosed invention – fundamental invention – gene-based invention – generic invention – home invention – immature invention – imperfect invention – incidental invention – incomplete invention – independent invention – individual invention – ineffective invention – injurious invention – interfering invention – joint invention – labor saving invention – later invention – main invention under the PCT – method invention – military invention – narrow invention – new invention – obvious invention – ordinary invention – original invention – outsider's invention – paper invention – patentable invention – patented invention – pioneer invention – practical invention – practically operative invention – prior invention – process invention – proposed invention – protected invention – purported invention –...
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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  1. изобретение, создание the invention of the telephone —- изобретение телефона 2. изобретение the telephone is a useful invention —- телефон - полезное изобретение 3. выдумка, измышление, вымысел his story is pure invention —- его рассказ - сплошной вымысел the report was an invention of the sensational newspapers —- сообщение было сфабриковано газетами, гоняющимися за сенсациями 4. изобретательность; выдумка a poet without invention —- поэт, лишенный фантазии 5. муз. инвенция Id: I. of the Cross —- рел. обретение честного креста Id: necessity is the mother of invention —- посл. голь на выдумки хитра ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  noun  1) изобретение  2) выдумка, измышление  3) изобретательность  4) mus. инвенция ...
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