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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Innovation \In'no*va"tion\, noun [L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation.]
1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc. --Dryden.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. --Bacon.
The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations. --Hooker.
3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
innovation
noun
1: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation [syn: {invention}]
2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {invention}, {excogitation}, {conception}, {design}]
3: 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"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" [syn: {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation}, {institution}, {origination}, {creation}, {introduction}, {instauration}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "innovation": 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
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