English-Thai Dictionary

invention

N การประดิษฐ์  การ สร้างสรรค์  inventiveness creativity ingenuity kan-pra-did

 

invention

N สิ่งประดิษฐ์  ความคิด ใน การประดิษฐ์  device creation contrivance sing-pra-did

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVENTION

n.[L. inventio.] 1. The action or operation of finding out something new; the contrivance of that which did not before exist; as the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing; the invention of the orrery. Invention differs from discovery. Invention is applied to the contrivance and production of something that did not before exist. Discovery brings to light that which existed before, but which was not know. We are indebted to invention for the thermometer and barometer. We are indebted to discovery for the knowledge of the isles in the Pacific ocean, and for the knowledge of galvanism, and many species of earth not formerly known. This distinction is important, though not always observed.
2. That which is invented. The cotton gin is the invention of Whitney; the steam boat is the invention of Fulton. The Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders are said to be inventions of the Greeks; the Tuscan and Composite are inventions of the Latins.
3. Forgery; fiction. Fables are the inventions of ingenious men.
4. In painting, the finding or choice of the objects which are to enter into the composition of the piece.
5. In poetry, it is applied to whatever the poet adds to the history of the subject.
6. In rhetoric, the finding and selecting of arguments to prove and illustrate the point in view.
7. The power of inventing; that skill or ingenuity which is or may be employed in contriving any thing new. Thus we say, a man of invention.
8. Discovery; the finding of things hidden or before unknown. [Less proper. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INVENTION

In *ven "tion, n. Etym: [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent. ]

 

1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.

 

As the search of it [truth ] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man. Tatham.

 

2. That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention. We entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished. Evelyn.

 

3. Thought; idea. Shak.

 

4. A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood. Filling their hearers With strange invention. Shak.

 

5. The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention. They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, ... for a poet is a maker. Dryden.

 

6. (Fine Arts, Rhet., etc. )

 

Defn: The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts. Invention of the cross (Eccl.), a festival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior's cross by St. Helena.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

invention

in ven tion |inˈvenSHən ɪnˈvɛn (t )ʃən | ▶noun the action of inventing something, typically a process or device: the invention of printing in the 15th century. • something, typically a process or device, that has been invented: medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel. • creative ability: his powers of invention were rather limited. • something fabricated or made up: you know my story is an invention. • used as a title for a short piece of music: Bach's two-part Inventions. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery ’): from Latin inventio (n- ), from invenire ‘discover ’ (see invent ).

 

Invention of the Cross

Invention of the Cross ▶noun a festival, held on 3 May (Holy Rood Day ), commemorating the reputed finding of the Cross of Christ by Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, in ad 326.

 

Oxford Dictionary

invention

in |ven |tion |ɪnˈvɛnʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of inventing something, typically a process or device: the invention of printing in the 15th century. • [ count noun ] something, typically a process or device, that has been invented: medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel. • creative ability: his powers of invention were rather limited. • [ count noun ] something fabricated or made up: you know my story is an invention. • used as a title for a short piece of music: Bach's two-part Inventions. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery ’): from Latin inventio (n- ), from invenire ‘discover ’ (see invent ).

 

Invention of the Cross

Invention of the Cross ▶noun a festival, held on 3 May (Holy Rood Day ), commemorating the reputed finding of the Cross of Christ by Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, in ad 326.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

invention

invention noun 1 the invention of the telescope: origination, creation, innovation, devising, development, design. 2 medieval inventions: innovation, creation, design, contraption, contrivance, construction, device, gadget; informal brainchild. 3 she played with taste and invention: inventiveness, originality, creativity, imagination, inspiration. 4 the story was a total invention: fabrication, concoction, (piece of ) fiction, story, tale; lie, untruth, falsehood, fib, myth, fantasy, make-believe; informal tall tale, cock-and-bull story.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

invention

invention noun 1 the invention of the telescope: origination, creation, innovation, devising, contriving, contrivance, formulation, development, design; conception, masterminding, pioneering, introduction; discovery, finding. 2 medieval inventions included the spinning wheel: innovation, origination, creation, design, contraption, contrivance, construction, device, gadget, apparatus, machine; discovery; coinage; informal brainchild, gizmo, widget. 3 his invention was flagging: inventiveness, originality, creativity, creativeness, imagination, imaginativeness, inspiration; ingenuity, ingeniousness, resourcefulness, initiative, enterprise; genius, brilliance, vision. 4 the movement was never more than a journalistic invention: fabrication, concoction, fiction, piece of fiction, yarn, story, tale, figment of one's imagination; lie, untruth, falsehood, fib, trumped-up story; myth, fantasy; informal tall story, fairy story, fairy tale, cock and bull story, red herring; kidology.

 

Duden Dictionary

Invention

In ven ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Inventi o n |die Invention; Genitiv: der Invention, Plural: die Inventionen lateinisch 1 veraltet Erfindung 2 kleines zwei- oder dreistimmiges Klavierstück in kontrapunktisch imitierendem Satzbau mit nur einem zugrunde liegenden Thema

 

French Dictionary

invention

invention n. f. nom féminin 1 Action d ’inventer quelque chose. : Ce chercheur aimerait bien faire une invention importante. 2 Chose inventée. : Les vaccins sont des inventions très utiles parce qu ’ils nous protègent de certaines maladies.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

invention

in ven tion /ɪnvénʃ (ə )n /→invent 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (特許などの )発明品 , 新案 (品 )▸ a new invention by a Japanese company 日本企業による新しい発明品 2 U 発明 (すること ), 考案, 創案, 創作 ▸ Necessity is the mother of invention .｟ことわざ ｠必要は発明の母 3 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗(話 言い訳などの )捏造 （ねつぞう ）, 作り事 ▸ The article is full of inventions .その記事は捏造だらけだ 4 U 発明の才, 発明力, 創作力 .5 C 〘楽 〙インベンション 〘対位法による小即興曲 〙.