· a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Synonym(s): invention
Hypernym(s): creation
· the creation of something in the mind
Synonym(s): invention, excogitation, conception, design
Hypernym(s): creativity, creativeness, creative_thinking
· the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
Synonym(s): initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, introduction, instauration
Hypernym(s): beginning, start, commencement