invention

noun

• the action of inventing something, typically a process or device:the invention of printing in the 15th century
• [count noun] something, typically a process or device, that has been invented:medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel
• creative ability:his powers of invention were rather limited
• [count noun] something fabricated or made up:you know my story is an invention
• used as a title for a short piece of music:Bach’s two-part Inventions