Innovation
[ɪnə'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪnə'veʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
(n.) A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
(n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Change, introduction of novelty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alteration, reversal, novelty, newfangledness
ANT:Conservation, maintenance, archaism, old-fashion, obsoleteness
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Examples
- His innovation had manifestly raised the suspicion and hostility of the priesthood of Bel. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The innovation, if not wrong as an innovation, will be wrong as an expense. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Callahan made the further innovation of insulating his circuit wires, although the cost was then forty times as great as that of bare wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His protectorate was to be distinguished by every kind of innovation on the aristocracy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The principal considerations that influenced Edison in making this radical innovation may be briefly stated as follows: First. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Who introduced this innovation? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We can, in short, see why nature is prodigal in variety, though niggard in innovation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This centralizing innovation will remind the reader of both Akhnaton and Nabonidus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Other French racing bicycles were no doubt in existence, but there is no history which can ascribe any truly constructive innovations in motorcycle making to any foreign country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Among the many innovations appearing in this plant are two that stand out in bold relief as indicating the large scale by which Edison measures his ideas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But look at the _way_ these innovations are presented and I think the feeling is unavoidable that the control of government is emphasized as an end in itself. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Germans, however, did make some innovations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All the innovations that come into the history of life begin very humbly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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