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Synonyms
in·ven·tion (ĭn-vĕńshən)

[Middle English invencioun, scheme, plan, from Old French invencion, a finding out, from Latin inventiō, inventiōn-, inventiveness, from inventus past participle of invenīre, to find; see invent.]

noun 

  1. The act or process of inventing: used a technique of her own invention.
  2. A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation: the phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison.
  3. A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.
  4. Skill in inventing; inventiveness: “the invention and sweep of the staging” (John Simon)
  5. Music A short composition developing a single theme contrapuntally.
  6. A discovery; a finding.

derivatives

in·veńtion·al
adjective