单词 | invention |
释义 | Word Frequency invention(ɪnˈvɛnʃən) noun 1. the act or process of inventing 2. something that is invented 3. patent law the discovery or production of some new or improved process or machine that is both useful and is not obvious to persons skilled in the particular field 4. creative power or ability; inventive skill 5. euphemistic a fabrication; lie 6. (in traditional rhetoric) one of the five steps in preparing a speech or discourse: the process of finding suitable topics on which to talk or write 7. music a short piece consisting of two or three parts usually in imitative counterpoint 8. sociology the creation of a new cultural pattern or trait Derived forms inventional (inˈventional) adjective inventionless (inˈventionless) adjective |
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