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invention
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French invencion, envention, from the Latin inventi?, from inveni?. Doublet of inventio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?v?n??n/
Noun
invention (countable and uncountable, plural inventions)
- Something invented.
- (here signifying a process or mechanism not previously devised)
- (here signifying a fiction created for a particular purpose)
- 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
- Warren Sheffield is telephoning Rose long distance at half past six. […] Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.
- The act of inventing.
- The capacity to invent.
- (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
- 1880, George Grove (editor and entry author), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians II, London: Macmillan & Co., page 15, Invention:
- INVENTION.?A term used by J. S. Bach, and probably by him only, for small pianoforte pieces?—?15 in 2 parts and 15 in 3 parts?—?each developing a single idea, and in some measure answering to the Impromptu of a later day.
- 1880, George Grove (editor and entry author), A Dictionary of Music and Musicians II, London: Macmillan & Co., page 15, Invention:
- (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
Synonyms
- discovery
Related terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “invention”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inventi?, inventi?nem, from invenio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v??.sj??/
Noun
invention f (plural inventions)
- invention
Derived terms
- la nécessité est la mère de l'invention
Related terms
- inventer
- inventeur
Further reading
- “invention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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mechanism
English
Etymology
From Latin mechanismus, from Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “machine”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k?n?zm/
Noun
mechanism (countable and uncountable, plural mechanisms)
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
Derived terms
- defense mechanism, defence mechanism
- reaction mechanism
Translations
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