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单词 innovation
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innovationn.

/ɪnəʊˈveɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin innovātiōn-em, noun of action < innovāre to innovate v.: compare French innovation (1297 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
1.
a. The action of innovating; the introduction of novelties; the alteration of what is established by the introduction of new elements or forms. †Formerly const. of (the thing altered or introduced).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism
innovation1553
innovating1591
cutting edge1851
avant-gardism1950
vanguardism1952
innovativeness1962
gee-whizzery1971
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 221v Perdicas, whose ambicious mynde desirous of innouation, was (he sayde) to be preuented in time.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Table of Contents It is the duty of private men to obey, and not to make innovation of states after their own will.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlii. 88 To traduce him as an authour of suspitious innouation.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 286 Thanes remained as a distinct name of dignitie, and vanisht not at the innouation of new honors.
a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) v. 57 The Hydra headed multitude, that only gape for innovation.
1796 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 211 It is a revolt of innovation; and thereby, the very elements of society have been confounded and dissipated.
1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. i. 60 This spirit of innovation has extended itself to other parts of grammar, and especially to the names of the Tenses.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §1. 351 Cranmer and his colleagues advanced yet more boldly in the career of innovation.
b. Revolution (= Latin novæ res). Obsolete.
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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 78 Poore discontents, Which gape and rub the elbow at the newes Of hurly burly innouation . View more context for this quotation
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xx. 115 For the same reason of innovation, he besought them to send unto him fiue Lasts of powder with match and lead.
2.
a. A change made in the nature or fashion of anything; something newly introduced; a novel practice, method, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism > an innovation
novelty1395
novity1460
novation1501
innovation1548
initiate1603
introduction1603
renew1631
1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 1 To staye Innovacions or newe rites.
1641 (title) A discovery of the notorius proceedings of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, in bringing innovations into the Church.
1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion Pref. p. xxvii This Attraction..is no Innovation in Philosophy.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 106/1 The tribute you demand from the Hindûs..is an innovation and an infringement of the laws of Hindustân.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 595 To them antiquity is synonymous with wisdom, and every improvement is a dangerous innovation.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 297 The sturdiest champions of Norman innovations.
b. A political revolution; a rebellion or insurrection. (= Latin novæ res.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun]
uparisingc1325
mutationa1513
revolution1555
innovation1601
novation1603
conversion1614
smash1890
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection
uparisingc1325
rebelliona1382
risingc1390
risec1400
surrectionc1418
rebela1425
upsetc1425
insurrection1459
mutinewe?c1550
revolt1553
tumult1560
emotion1562
sedition1585
uprising1587
innovation1601
esmeute1652
turgency1660
émeute1782
outbreak1826
uprisal1871
upsurge1930
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 168 Neither doth he willingly arme them for feare of sedition and innouations.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 77/2 A Province so inclined to tumults and innovations.
3. spec. in Scots Law. The alteration of an obligation; the substitution of a new obligation for the old: see quot. 1861.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > transfer or replacement of obligation
novation1543
transcription1677
subrogation1704
substitution1803
innovation1861
expensilation1875
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 450/1 Innovation, is a technical expression, signifying the exchange, with the creditor's consent, of one obligation for another; so as to make the second obligation come in the place of the first, and be the only subsisting obligation against the debtor, both the original obligants remaining the same.
4. Botany. The formation of a new shoot at the apex of a stem or branch; esp. that which takes place at the apex of the thallus or leaf-bearing stem of mosses, the older parts dying off behind; also (with plural) a new shoot thus formed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > branching
ramification1578
innovation1835
branching1882
the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > innovation or shoot at apex
innovation1835
1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 168 Shoots which have not completed their growth have received the name of innovations, a term usually confined to mosses.
1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 130 The lateral ones..terminate a two-leaved branch, or innovation, while the central peduncle springs from the apex of the older branch.
1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 13 One mode of branching..is known under the name of innovations.
1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses Gloss. 312 Innovations, accessory branches produced generally after the fruit is perfect.
5. Commerce. The action of introducing a new product into the market; a product newly brought on to the market.
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society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > offering for sale > sales or product launch
innovation1939
product launch1963
launch1969
rollout1969
1939 J. A. Schumpeter Business Cycles I. iii. 84 Innovation is possible without anything we should identify as invention, and invention does not necessarily induce innovation.
1958 J. Jewkes et al. Sources Invention ix. 249 It seems impossible to establish scientifically any final conclusion concerning the relation between monopoly and innovation.
1962 E. M. Rogers Diffusion of Innovations v. 124 It matters little whether or not an innovation has a great degree of advantage over the idea it is replacing. What does matter is whether the individual perceives the relative advantage of the innovation.
1967 J. A. Allen Sci. Innovation & Industr. Prosperity ii. 8 Innovation is the bringing of an invention into widespread, practical use... Invention may thus be construed as the first stage of the much more extensive and complex total process of innovation.
6. innovation trunk n. a kind of wardrobe trunk.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling boxes
trussing coffera1387
lode-malea1400
gardeviance1459
trussing mail1485
trussing chest1540
trunk1609
portmanteau trunk1683
hair-trunk1693
mail-trunka1726
trunkie1728
trunk-mail1771
imperial1773
cedar chest1775
Noah's Ark1803
wardrobe trunk1815
dress case1819
yakdan1824
pitara1828
bullock-trunk1844
dress basket1857
Saratoga trunk1857
Saratoga1863
black jack1885
innovation trunk1912
1912 Bag, Portmanteau & Umbrella Trader 20 Nov. 18/1 The Innovation Trunk Company..makes a striking show of wardrobe trunks. They also specialise in the refitting of ordinary wardrobes according to their principle.
1913 A. Bennett Regent iii. 83 Many parcels and boxes, comprising diverse items in the equipment of a man-about-town, such as tie-clips and Innovation trunks.
1915 E. Phillpotts Angel in House i. 17 Robert and Manservant enter through the main entrance carrying Innovation trunk.

Derivatives

innoˈvational adj. of, pertaining to, or characterized by innovation; also in Commerce.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > innovative or innovated
innovating1591
novelling1621
innovated1635
new-set1714
innovative1806
innovational1817
adventurous1841
innovatory1853
unclichéd1946
cutting edge1975
1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 194 A proposition so daring, so innovational.
1873 R. Black tr. F. Guizot Hist. France II. xxv. 492 His kingly despotism was new, and, one might almost say, innovational.
1959 J. P. Lewis Business Conditions Anal. v. xxiv. 534 The insights of economics do not illuminate the process of innovation very much... On the optimistic side of the innovational outlook, it can be argued, [etc.].
1960 L. S. Silk Research Revol. iii. 50 In the past, the United States has had three great innovational pushes.
innoˈvationist n. one who favours innovations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism > innovator or avant-gardist
novelist1593
innovator1598
novateur1600
novator1600
noveller1604
novist1660
setter-up1713
innovationist1800
vanguardist1934
avant-gardist1940
1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 684 Writers, who bring against certain philosophic innovationists a clamorous charge of Vandalism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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