'Innovation' definitions:
Definition of 'innovation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation [syn: invention, innovation]
noun
The creation of something in the mind [syn: invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design]
noun
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" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]
Definition of 'Innovation'
From: GCIDE
- Innovation \In`no*va"tion\, n. [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.]
- 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'innovation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance guard,
- alteration,
- archetype,
- authenticity,
- avant-garde,
- breakthrough,
- coinage,
- creativeness,
- creativity,
- deviation,
- discovery,
- freshness,
- introduction,
- invention,
- inventiveness,
- latest fad,
- latest fashion,
- latest wrinkle,
- leap,
- model,
- modernization,
- mutation,
- neologism,
- new departure,
- new look,
- new phase,
- newfangled device,
- newness,
- nonimitation,
- novelty,
- original,
- originality,
- pattern,
- permutation,
- pilot model,
- prototype,
- sport,
- the in thing,
- the last word,
- the latest thing,
- uniqueness,
- vanguard,
- vicissitude,
- wrinkle