单词 | innovation |
释义 | innovationn. 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. ΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1548 |
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