inventions
New things made
Inventions are things created or devised for the first time—new devices, processes, or ideas that didn't exist before.
The telephone was an invention; so was democracy.
Invention also names the act of creating: Necessity is the mother of invention.
Extended to stories, invention means fabrication: The whole tale was pure invention.
Prolific American inventor
- TeslaEV manufacturer and surname
- BellNotable family name
- GutenbergPrinting press inventor's name
- NobelSwedish prize surname
Franklin · Curie · Wright brothers · Archimedes · Marconi · Galileo · Newton · Pasteur
Rotating circular frame
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- light bulbElectric illumination source
telephone · gunpowder · paper · telescope · microscope · penicillin · vaccine · radio
First functional specimen
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- designPurposeful creative planning
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- ideationForming mental concepts
experimentation · tinkering · prototyping · iteration · fabrication · workshop · laboratory · sketch
Legal rights over inventions
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- licensingGranting official permission
- infringementViolation of rights
royalties · filing · claims · application · protection · design patent · patent pending · prior art
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- transformativeCausing major change
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
watershed · landmark · milestone · pioneering · disruptive · seminal · epoch-making · trailblazing
Self-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- electronicsStudy of circuits
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
biotech · nanotech · telecommunications · semiconductors · cybernetics · gadgetry · aerospace · mechanics
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Prolific American inventor
Nobel · Franklin · Curie · Wright brothers · Archimedes · Marconi · Galileo · Newton · Pasteur · patent holder
wheel
Rotating circular frame
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
light bulb · telephone · gunpowder · paper · telescope · microscope · penicillin · vaccine · radio · airplane
prototype
First functional specimen
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- designPurposeful creative planning
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
ideation · experimentation · tinkering · prototyping · iteration · fabrication · workshop · laboratory · sketch · draft
intellectual property
Legal rights over inventions
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- licensingGranting official permission
infringement · royalties · filing · claims · application · protection · design patent · patent pending · prior art · patent office
revolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- transformativeCausing major change
- game-changerSomething transforming everything
paradigm shift · watershed · landmark · milestone · pioneering · disruptive · seminal · epoch-making · trailblazing · quantum leap
automation
Self-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- electronicsStudy of circuits
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
hardware · biotech · nanotech · telecommunications · semiconductors · cybernetics · gadgetry · aerospace · mechanics · networking
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- human achievementsdiscoveries, monuments, art, architecture, science
- Science stufftheories, discoveries, experiments, formulas, equations
- scientific progressscientific expeditions, natural history, geology, botany, chemistry
- History Contentdocumentaries, PBS, reenactments, archival footage, biographies
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
inventionsdiscoveries
Newly revealed facts
findings · natural phenomena · observations · natural laws · revelations
inventionstruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · realities · actualities · verities · historical facts
inventionstraditions
Long-established customs passed down
inheritances · customs · hand-me-downs · heirlooms · conventions
- early inventionsFirst human-made tools and technologies
- modern inventionsRecently developed devices or concepts
- breakthrough inventionCreation marking major progress
- ancient inventionCreation from distant past
- Victorian inventionCreation from 1837-1901 Britain
- invention fairEvent displaying new creations