Synonym: conception, design, excogitation, innovation. Similar words: convention, conventional, prevention, intervention, invent, inventory, investigation, mention. Meaning: [ɪn'venʃn] n. 1. the creation of something in the mind 2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation 3. the act of inventing.
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(121) At Hawkshead there used to be a famous market but after the invention of spinning machinery its importance declined.
(122) It was the invention of pre-stressed concrete that really transformed building techniques.
(123) Is the revenue generated by such contracts truly derived from the employer's position as patentee of the invention?
(124) Janir rode in his carrier on our way home, chattering away in a language of his own invention.
(125) Their invention was an electricity meter controlled by signals from the power company.
(126) Invention is best treated as the subset of patentable technical innovations.
(127) The silicon microchip and integrated circuit followed similar if shorter processes from invention to commercial realization.
(128) Mayor Richard Greene dismissed the brouhaha as a media-driven invention.
(129) This ability liberates the child from sensorimotor intelligence,(sentencedict.com) permitting the invention of new means of solving problems through mental activity.
(130) Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. Ambrose Bierce
(131) The early Christians may therefore be credited with the invention of the forerunner of the popular paperback!
(132) The inclusive tour, in which every item of travel arrangement was paid for in advance, was Thomas Cook's invention.
(133) I am sure that the House will have noted the hon. Gentleman's invention of a new doctrine - cost-free pay.
(134) Lay-abbacies, though not his invention, were deployed by Charles with a new frequency.
(135) Another famous invention, the Sinclair C5 electric car, was a spectacular flop, but he's still inventing.
(136) With the invention of photography this attitude to Nature could be disseminated in book form.
(137) That's why Sangenic is the invention that disposable nappies have been waiting for.
(138) You want us to endorse some fiendish invention that will be the means of taking human life!
(139) This view characterises most sociological explanations of crime,[http://Sentencedict.com] including those that fall into the third category of causal explanation: invention.
(140) The immune system is a fairly recent invention in geological terms.
(141) This stark contrast is not invention, but it is none the less unhistorical.
(142) I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete. Steve Jobs
(143) It went from being a new invention to a regular household item with remarkable speed.
(144) And, even after the invention of coinage, many areas or cities did not use it.
(145) In 1986, the employer signed the main contract to supply redesigned equipment based on the patented invention.
(146) This was the invention of the modern cell from a team of different bacteria.
(147) It invented the suburb - the most successful invention in the history of human habitation.
(148) The invention relates to a substitute material for rehabilitating articular cartilage and a preparation method thereof.
(149) The invention relates to a sterilizing acaricidal pesticide liquid using water as the base material, which also comprises lime, sulfur, edible alkali, washing powder and common salt.
(150) A base station radio frequency device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a shell, an intermediate radio frequency processing unit and a duplexer.
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