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*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[discovery]], finding
*2 : productive [[imagination]] : inventiveness
*3 a : something invented: as
::(1) : a product of the imagination; especially : a false conception
::(2) : a device, contrivance, or [[process]] [[origin]]ated after [[study]] and [[experiment]]
:b : a short keyboard composition featuring two- or three-part counterpoint
*4 : the [[act]] or process of inventing
==Description==
An '''invention''' is a new composition, device, or [[process]]. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing [[model]] or [[idea]], or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a [[radical]] breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social [[behaviors]] adopted by people and passed on to others. Inventions often extend the boundaries of [[human]] [[knowledge]] or [[experience]].
[[Category: The Sciences]]
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : [[discovery]], finding
*2 : productive [[imagination]] : inventiveness
*3 a : something invented: as
::(1) : a product of the imagination; especially : a false conception
::(2) : a device, contrivance, or [[process]] [[origin]]ated after [[study]] and [[experiment]]
:b : a short keyboard composition featuring two- or three-part counterpoint
*4 : the [[act]] or process of inventing
==Description==
An '''invention''' is a new composition, device, or [[process]]. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing [[model]] or [[idea]], or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a [[radical]] breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social [[behaviors]] adopted by people and passed on to others. Inventions often extend the boundaries of [[human]] [[knowledge]] or [[experience]].
[[Category: The Sciences]]
