Improvision
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 the lack of provision, a failure to provide something obsolete
"there would be a main defect, and her improvision justly accusable, if such a feeding animal […] should want a proper conveyance for choler, or have no other receptacle for that humour than the veins and general mass of blood."
- 2 the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
"A similar improvision, a modification of the device used to measure the planar ways (photo 8), makes several measurements at once."
Example
More examples"there would be a main defect, and her improvision justly accusable, if such a feeding animal […] should want a proper conveyance for choler, or have no other receptacle for that humour than the veins and general mass of blood."
Etymology
From im- + provision.
From improvise + -ion.
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