invention
in.ven.tion \in-'ven-ch*n\ n 1: DISCOVERY, FINDING 2: INVENTIVENESS 3a: something invented : as 3a1: a product of the imagination; esp : a false conception 3a2: a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experimen t 3b: a short keyboard composition usu. in double counterpoint 4: the act or process of inventing