English Dictionary

invention

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 古語

Something invented. / The act of inventing. / The capacity to invent. / (music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

日本語の意味

発明：新たに考案・作り出されたもの（物、装置、概念など）。 / 発明行為：新しいものを発明する行為そのもの。 / 発明する能力：ものを発明する才能や能力。 / （音楽）インヴェンション：特にJ.S.バッハの2声または3声の短い自立した楽曲など、独立した小品。

Her invention solved a problem that had frustrated engineers for decades.

彼女の発明は何十年も技術者を悩ませてきた問題を解決した。

意味（1）

Something invented.

My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time. (here signifying a process or mechanism not previously devised)

意味（2）

The act of inventing.

The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.

意味（3）

The capacity to invent.

It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.

意味（4）

(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.

意味（5）

(archaic) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.

inventions （ plural ）