Invention word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "invention" word

[noun] the act of inventing
[noun] a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
[noun] the creation of something in the mind

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\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. As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man. --Tatham. 2. That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention. We entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished. --Evelyn. 3. Thought; idea. --Shak. 4. A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood. Filling their hearers With strange invention. --Shak. 5. The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention. They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a maker. --Dryden. 6. (Fine Arts, Rhet., etc.) The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts. {Invention of the cross} (Eccl.), a festival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior's cross by St. Helena.

Synonyms for invention

conception, design, excogitation, innovation, innovation

Related terms: absolute music, adaptation, brainchild, canard, concoction, creation, essence, etude, falsehood, finding out, incidental music, insubstantial image, introduction, make-believe, making do, manufacture, outgrowth, phantasm, piece, prevarication, prolificacy, treasure trove

The fun area, different aproach to word »invention«

Let's analyse "invention" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 44.4% of vowels is 5.8% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOITNEVNI. Average typing speed for these characters is 2385 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: invention: 9 + 5 + 9 + 6 = 29, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: invention: 9 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 50, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (3)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
V (1)	22	Fool	Fun, Joyous, Persistant, Risk taker, Childish

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