invention
noun
[ ɪnˈvɛnʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of inventing something, typically a process or device.
• "the invention of printing in the 15th century"
Similar:
origination,
creation,
innovation,
devising,
contriving,
contrivance,
formulation,
development,
design,
conception,
masterminding,
pioneering,
introduction,
discovery,
finding,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery’): from Latin inventio(n- ), from invenire ‘discover’ (see invent).
