Definizione monolingua

invention

invention (plural inventions)

1. Something invented.

   My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.

   Im afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeepers invention.

   • 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 wouldnt marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.

2. The act of inventing.

   The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.

3. The capacity to invent.

   It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.

4. (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

   I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.

5. (archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

   That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.

Definizione dizionario invention

	invenzione
	something invented

creazione

finzione

frottola

Altri significati:

(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s '''Two-''' and '''Three-part Inventions''' .

capacity to invent, act of inventing

Something invented.

A small self-contained musical composition

(archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

The capacity to invent.

The act of creating something new, especially as a technical device.