Noun

(en noun)

The image-making power of the mind; the act of creating or reproducing ideally an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination .}}

Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination .

Creativity; resourcefulness.

His imagination makes him a valuable team member.

A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining; something imagined.

* 1597 , Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays :

And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh

, volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation .}}

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A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;

Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.

A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.