1. Découverte.
2. Imagination. L'invention de l'ordinateur.
3. Mensonge. S'en tirer par une invention.
1. An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
2. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; SYN. stratagem, dodge.
3. The faculty of contriving; inventive skill.
ETYM French fiction, Latin fictio, from fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. Related to Feign.
A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
In literature, any work in which the content is completely or largely invented. The term describes imaginative works of narrative prose (such as the novel or the short story), and is distinguished from nonfiction (such as history, biography, or works on practical subjects) and poetry.
This usage reflects the dominance in contemporary Western literature of the novel as a vehicle for imaginative literature: strictly speaking, poems can also be fictional (as opposed to factual). Genres such as the historical novel often combine a fictional plot with real events; biography may also be “fictionalized” through the use of imagined conversations or events.
ETYM Latin innovatio; cf. French innovation.
1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
The term of innovations in vet system means the use of new knowledge and initiation of new ways and methods of work aiming to improve the quality of vet education.
ETYM Latin inventio: cf. French invention. Related to Invent.
1. A new device or process created by study and experimentation; SYN. innovation.
2. The act of inventing.
3. The creation of something in the mind; SYN. innovation, excogitation, conception, design.
In music, a term not commonly used by composers, but made famous by Bach in his 15 Inventions for keyboard 1720. In two parts, each composition is contrapuntal and highly imitative, based upon a short melodic motif or phrase. Bach’s so-called “three-part inventions” were not named as such by the composer, but rather the term “sinfonia” was used instead (15 Sinfonias 1723).