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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Invention \In*ven"tion\, n. [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See
{Invent}.]
1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or
construction of that which has not before existed; as, the
invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of
printing.
資料來源 : WordNet®
invention
n 1: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {innovation}, {excogitation},
{conception}, {design}]
2: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study
and experimentation [syn: {innovation}]
3: the act of inventing