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invention 1. Patent law the discovery or production of some new or improved process or machine that is both useful and is not obvious to persons skilled in the particular field 2. Music a short piece consisting of two or three parts usually in imitative counterpoint How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful "travellers' tales" with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be considered extravagant; while the ingenuity and invention of the author will be sure to excite the surprise and the admiration of the reader, who will find M. [1] A machine of this description was really the invention of a young colored man in Kentucky. - "In order to get any good of my outlay for your invention, I must make a war, and do so as soon as I can arm my troops - before your secret is discovered by foreign nations. |
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