Associations to the word «Invention»

Wiktionary

INVENTION, noun. Something invented.
INVENTION, noun. The act of inventing.
INVENTION, noun. The capacity to invent.
INVENTION, noun. (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
INVENTION, noun. (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
INVENTION OF THE CROSS, proper noun. The alleged discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified by St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 326 CE.
INVENTION OF THE CROSS, proper noun. The church festival observed on 3 May in commemoration of St Helena's alleged discovery of the so-called True Cross.

Dictionary definition

INVENTION, noun. The creation of something in the mind.
INVENTION, noun. A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation.
INVENTION, noun. The act of inventing.

Wise words

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
Blaise Pascal