innovation

noun innovations

1. countable, uncountable The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. 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. […] He said there would be "considerable danger" that without such an exception, the gr
2. countable, uncountable A change effected by innovating; a change in customs. The others, whose time had been more actively employed, began to shew symptoms of innovation,—"the good wine did its good office." The frost of etiquette, and pride of birth, began to give way before the genial blessings of this benign constellation, and the formal appellatives with which the three
3. countable, uncountable Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. One of the remarkable innovations in concrete technology is the development of self-healing cementitious materials through the incorporation of bacterial agents.
4. countable, uncountable A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Opposite: exnovation