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1. A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
   - invention
    
2. The creation of something in the mind
   - invention, excogitation, conception, design, fiction
    
3. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
   - initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, introduction, instauration, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry

Sounds like: innerva

Derived forms: innovations

Type of: beginning, commencement, creation, creative thinking, creativeness, creativity, start

Encyclopedia: Innovation, Virginia