innovation

See also: Innovation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus. Morphologically innovate + -ion

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

innovation (countable and uncountable, plural innovations)

  1. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
    • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
      The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
    • 1954, Peter Drucker, The Landmarks of Tomorrow:
      Innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.
  2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs
  3. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
  4. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

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Descendants

  • Turkish: inovasyon

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Danish

Noun

innovation c (singular definite innovationen, plural indefinite innovationer)

  1. innovation

Declension

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, borrowed from Late Latin innovātiōnem, from Latin innovāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/, /in.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

innovation f (plural innovations)

  1. innovation

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

innovation c

  1. innovation

Declension

Declension of innovation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative innovation innovationen innovationer innovationerna
Genitive innovations innovationens innovationers innovationernas

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Further reading

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