INVENTION


Meaning of INVENTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈven(t)-shən ]

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's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.