inventive ingenuity

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• ingenuity — /in jeuh nooh i tee, nyooh /, n., pl. ingenuities for 3. 1. the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity. 2. cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design: a device of great ingenuity.… …   Universalium

• ingenuity — in•ge•nu•i•ty [[t]ˌɪn dʒəˈnu ɪ ti, ˈnyu [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful 2) cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design: a device of great ingenuity[/ex] 3) an ingenious contrivance or device 4)… …   From formal English to slang

• ingenuity — /ɪndʒəˈnjuəti/ (say injuh nyoohuhtee) noun (plural ingenuities) 1. the quality of being ingenious; inventive talent. 2. skilfulness of contrivance or design, as of things, actions, etc. 3. an ingenious contrivance. 4. Obsolete ingenuousness.… …  

• inventive — adj. 1 able or inclined to invent; original in devising. 2 showing ingenuity of devising. Derivatives: inventively adv. inventiveness n. Etymology: ME f. F inventif ive or med.L inventivus (as INVENT) …   Useful english dictionary

• Yankee ingenuity — is an American English reference to the self reliance of early colonial settlers of New England, United States. It describes an attitude of make do with materials on hand. It is inventive improvisation, adaptation and overcoming of dire straits… …   Wikipedia

• Canadian patent law — is the legal system regulating the grant of patents on inventions within Canada. Patents are in the sole jurisdiction of the federal government and is governed by the federal Patent Act . A patent is a government grant that gives the inventor and …   Wikipedia

• Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard — (September 13, 1803 – March 17, 1847), French caricaturist, generally known by the pseudonym of J.J. Grandville Life and workHe was born at Nancy, in north eastern France, to an artistic and theatrical family. The name, Grandville , was his… …   Wikipedia

• MURDOCH, WILLIAM —    engineer, born at Auchinleck, Ayrshire; was a manager of the Soho Works under Boulton and Watt, where he distinguished himself by his inventive ingenuity, and where on his suggestion coal gas was first employed for lighting purposes (1754… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• creation — /kriˈeɪʃən / (say kree ayshuhn) noun 1. the act of creating. 2. the fact of being created. 3. that which is created. 4. the world; universe. 5. creatures collectively. 6. a product of inventive ingenuity; an original work, especially of the… …  

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium