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INNOVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Example:
the foundation of a new scientific society
Synonyms:
creation; foundation; founding; initiation; innovation; instauration; institution; introduction; origination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("innovation" is a kind of...):
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "innovation"):
authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)
Derivation:
innovate (bring something new to an environment)
innovational (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Synonyms:
innovation; invention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("innovation" is a kind of...):
creation (an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone)
Derivation:
innovate (bring something new to an environment)
innovational (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The creation of something in the mind
Synonyms:
conception; design; excogitation; innovation; invention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("innovation" is a kind of...):
creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "innovation"):
concoction (the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose)
contrivance (the faculty of contriving; inventive skill)
Derivation:
innovational (being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before)
Context examples:
The ordinary sitting-room and bedrooms I left much as they were: for I knew Diana and Mary would derive more pleasure from seeing again the old homely tables, and chairs, and beds, than from the spectacle of the smartest innovations.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Uranus, the planet of genius and innovation, has recently settled into your third house of communication, which covers all the disciplines associated with the communication arts, namely writing, editing, speaking, coding, pod casting, translating, and researching, so now and in years to come, you can spin a talent in one of these areas into gold.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
