About The Word Innovation

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Innovation

Innovation Meaning & Definition
Innovation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Innovation?

[n] the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
[n] a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
[n] the creation of something in the mind

Synonyms | Synonyms for Innovation: conception | creation | design | excogitation | foundation | founding | initiation | instauration | institution | invention | invention | origination

Related Terms | Find terms related to Innovation: advance guard | alteration | archetype | authenticity | avant-garde | breakthrough | coinage | creativeness | creativity | deviation | discovery | freshness | introduction | invention | inventiveness | latest fad | latest fashion | latest wrinkle | leap | model | modernization | mutation | neologism | new departure | new look | new phase | newfangled device | newness | nonimitation | novelty | original | originality | pattern | permutation | pilot model | prototype | sport | the in thing | the last word | the latest thing | uniqueness | vanguard | vicissitude | wrinkle

See Also | beginning | commencement | concoction | contrivance | creation | creativeness | creativity | start

Innovation In Webster's Dictionary

\In`no*va"tion\, n. [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.] 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. --Dryden. 2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. --Bacon. The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto innovations. --Hooker. 3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

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