Meaning of INNOVATION
| Pronunciation: | | `inu'veyshun
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- [n] the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- [n] a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- [n] the creation of something in the mind
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| | Synonyms: | | conception, creation, design, excogitation, foundation, founding, initiation, instauration, institution, invention, invention, origination |
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| | See Also: | | beginning, commencement, concoction, contrivance, creation, creativeness, creativity, start | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`no*va"tion\, n. [L. innovatio; cf. F.
innovation.]
1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in
customs, rites, etc. --Dryden.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;
something new, and contrary to established customs,
manners, or rites. --Bacon.
The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness,
but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto
innovations. --Hooker.
3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced
addition to the stems of many mosses.
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| | Definition: | | the process of adopting a new thing, idea, or behavior pattern into a culture. |
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| | Related Terms: | | advance guard, alteration, archetype, authenticity, avant-garde, breakthrough, coinage, creativeness, creativity, deviation, discovery, freshness, introduction, invention, inventiveness, latest fad, latest fashion, latest wrinkle, leap, model, modernization, mutation, neologism, new departure, new look, new phase, newfangled device, newness, nonimitation, novelty, original, originality, pattern, permutation, pilot model, prototype, sport, the in thing, the last word, the latest thing, uniqueness, vanguard, vicissitude, wrinkle |
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