Invention

Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or product, or a new process for creating an object or a result. An invention that achieves a completely unique function or result may be a radical breakthrough. Such works are novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field.

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Famous quotes containing the word invention:

    “Learn of the green world what can be thy place
    In scaled invention or true artistry,”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “Out of countless memories, invention selects a few that become “the story of my life.””
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Correspondences are like smallclothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.”
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)