\in*vent"ive\ (?), a. [cf. f. inventif.] able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. -- in*vent"ive*ly , adv. -- in*vent"ive*ness , n.
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process. The invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or product, or a new process for creating an object or a result. An invention that achieves a completely unique function or result may be a radical breakthrough. Such works are novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field. An inventor may be taking a big step in success or failure.
1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"
Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.
Ex: As time goes by, the modern inventive mind multiplies these media and the bibliographical picture becomes increasingly complicated.
* be inventive = ser creativo, tener inventiva.
1. สามารถประดิษฐ์ : He has an inventive mind.
inventive [Nn'ventNv] adj (esprit) inventif.
[in'ventiv] a 1. изобретателен, находчив; 2. творчески; ~ powers творчески сили; 3. който измисля/съчинява.