About The Word Innovation
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Innovation
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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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