Invention and Origin

Invention

Invention noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.

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Origin and invention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Invention".

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Invention and origin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Invention" instead a noun "Origin".

human	human invention	human origin
original	original invention	original origin
likely	likely invention	likely origin
actual	actual invention	actual origin
Other adjectives: real, supposed, new, possible, different, scientific, recent, modern, western.

This retcons the origin of Artificial Gravity as a purely human invention rather than technology learned from the Buggers.

Source: Centrifugal Gravity
His Brute overseers find out what he's been doing, and turn his invention into a weapon; this is the origin of the Brute Chopper.

Source: Unwitting Instigator of Doom
When The Deadly Invention first came to America as The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, the names of most of the cast and crew were Anglicized to disguise the film's Czech origin.

Source: Creator / Karel Zeman

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