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preinvention

preinvention adjective: before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she later creates while employed.

Adjective

preinvention (not comparable)

  1. Before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she later creates while employed.

Origin of preinvention

From pre- + invention.

Questions about preinvention

What does preinvention mean?
Preinvention means before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she later creates while employed.
What part of speech is preinvention?
Preinvention is an adjective.

Words near preinvention in the dictionary

  1. preintroduction
  2. preintroductory
  3. preintubation
  4. preinvasion
  5. preinvasive
  6. preinvention
  7. preinventory
  8. preinvestigate
  9. preinvestigated
  10. preinvestigates
  11. preinvestigating

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