noun
- A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation.
- synonyms: invention
- The creation of something in the mind.
- synonyms: invention, excogitation, conception, design
- The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
- usage: "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
- synonyms: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, introduction, instauration
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