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nouna creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
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nounthe creation of something in the mind
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- nobel Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)
- patent a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- edison United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
- sterile deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
- cyril Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
- hermes (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury
- dewar Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
- concoction the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
- bunsen German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899)
- unimaginative deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention