Inspiration
Definition: something that moves a mind to create
Context: Many times a dream acts as inspiration for an inventor, a novelist, or a painter.
Context: Many times a dream acts as inspiration for an inventor, a novelist, or a painter.
New-fangled
Definition: New and maybe needlessly novel
Context: One elderly person complained that the remote control device was new-fangled; the other elderly person appreciated the convenience of the device.
Context: One elderly person complained that the remote control device was new-fangled; the other elderly person appreciated the convenience of the device.
Patent
Definition: A document that gives an inventor the exclusive rights
to manufacture or sell the item.
Context: The expression patent pending on an object means that the inventor has applied for the right to be the only person who can make and sell the object.
Context: The expression patent pending on an object means that the inventor has applied for the right to be the only person who can make and sell the object.
Serendipity
Definition: A fortunate accident in which
a person finds something valuable or pleasing when he or she was not looking
for itContext: The inventor did not want to admit the invention came about by serendipity; he wanted the world to think he had carefully designed the invention
