(はつめいひん)

はつめいひん
noun
invention; invented product
1. an invention; an invented device or product
A new device, machine, or product that someone has invented; the concrete result of an act of invention.
すばらしい発明品(はつめいひん)だ。
It's a wonderful invention.
電球(でんきゅう)はエジソンの有名(ゆうめい)発明品(はつめいひん)だ。
The light bulb is Edison's famous invention.
この展示(てんじ)(かい)には学生(がくせい)(かんが)えたユニークな発明品(はつめいひん)(なら)んでいる。
Unique inventions thought up by students are on display at this exhibition.

Composed of 発明(はつめい) (invention) + the suffix (ひん) (article, product). Refers to a concrete invented object, as opposed to the abstract act of inventing.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • (あたら)しい発明品(はつめいひん): a new invention
  • 画期的(かっきてき)発明品(はつめいひん): a groundbreaking invention
  • 発明品(はつめいひん)展示(てんじ)する: to exhibit an invention

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 発明(はつめい): invention — the act or process of inventing, or the idea itself; 発明品(はつめいひん) is specifically the physical product