invention : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: invention	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for invention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
invention n the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design] a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation Synonym(s): invention, innovation the act of inventing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invention \Inven"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.