transcription, транскрипция: [ peɪt(ə)nt, AM pæt- ]
The pronunciation /pæt(ə)nt/ is also used for meanings 1 and 2 in British English.
( patents, patenting, patented)
1.
A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.
P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...
He held a number of patents for his many innovations...
N-COUNT
2.
If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
He patented the idea that the atom could be split...
...a patented machine called the VCR II.
VERB : V n , V-ed
3.
You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.
This was patent nonsense.
...a patent lie.
= obvious
ADJ [ emphasis ]
• pa‧tent‧ly
He made his displeasure patently obvious...
= clearly
ADV