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      • Inventions are of three kinds: scientific-technological (including medicine), sociopolitical (including economics and law), and humanistic, or cultural. Scientific-technological inventions include railroads, aviation, vaccination, hybridization, antibiotics, astronautics, holography, the atomic bomb, computing, the Internet, and the smartphone.
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  2. a story or excuse that is not true, or the act of creating a story or excuse that is not true: All that gossip about Linda was just pure invention. Be careful what you believe - her powers of invention (= ability to think of excuses, etc.) are well known. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

    • Invention in Arabic

      INVENTION translate: مُختَرَع, مُختَرِع. Learn more in the...

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      something that has been designed or created for the first...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › InventionInvention - Wikipedia

    Science and Invention magazine cover, November 1928. An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept.

  4. Aug 21, 2019 · An easy-to-scan alphabetical list of famous inventions and innovations, plus photos and links to additional information, biographies, and timelines.

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  5. Invention, the act of bringing ideas or objects together in a novel way to create something that did not exist before. Ever since the first prehistoric stone tools, humans have lived in a world shaped by invention.

  6. invention. noun. in· ven· tion. : a device, process, or discovery under U.S. patent law that is new and useful, that reflects extraordinary creative ability or skill, and that makes a distinct and recognized contribution to and advancement of science.

  7. something that has been designed or created for the first time: A lot of great inventions have come from America. Fewer examples. his brilliant invention. The cake is in fact a British invention. The Internet is a great invention. He unveiled his latest invention. Mobile phones are a relatively new invention.

  8. invention. noun. /ɪnˈvenʃn/. /ɪnˈvenʃn/. Idioms. [countable]a thing or an idea that has been invented. Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time. He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it. Extra Examples.

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