invention
A2UK /ɪnˈvenʃn/US /ɪnˈvenʃn/
Meaning
noun
a thing or an idea that has been invented
“Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.”
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“The invention of the modern GPU,”
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“And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.”
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“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation.”
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