Meaning

noun a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

noun the creation of something in the mind

noun the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

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

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