Noun: excogitation eks,kó-ji'tey-shun
- Thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
"The scientist's excogitation of the problem led to a novel solution"
- The creation of something in the mind
"The excogitation of a new theory took years";
- invention, innovation, conception, design, fiction
Derived forms: excogitations
Type of: cerebration, creative thinking, creativeness, creativity, intellection, mentation [technical], thinking, thought, thought process