novelty

[US]/ˈnɒvlti/
[UK]/ˈnɑːvlti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. something new, original, or unusual; the quality of being new and unusual; a person or thing that is new and unusual; a small and inexpensive item that is new and original

Example Sentences

the novelty of the quiet life palled.

the novelty of being a married woman wore off.

Cars were a novelty in 1900.

It was quite a novelty to spend my holidays working on a boat.

My mother bought a novelty pen for me.

he bought chocolate novelties to decorate the Christmas tree.

On her white shirtwaist was a pleated jabot of cheap lace, caught with a large novelty pin of imitation coral.

At first I enjoyed all the parties, but the novelty soon wore off.

What she did and is doing is not novelty and what I conspue is the so-called operation in the “dark-box".

Part Ⅴ analyzes the patentability of modern chimeras in terms of the statutory subject matter, novelty, nonobviousness, utility, and disclosure.

Sections 102 and 103 of the Patent Act establish that ‘novelty’ and ‘nonobviousness’ (ie, an inventive step) are required for patentability.

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