Novelty (disambiguation)
Novelty is the characteristic of being new or heretofore unseen. It may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Novelty seeking, psychological stance
- Novelty effect, tendency for human performance to briefly improve given new toys
- Novelty as described by the theory of emergence, regarding how new complexity arises from more simple interactions.
- Novelty (neurology), novelty as neurological stimulus
- Novelty (patent), part of the legal test to determine whether an invention is patentable
- Apomorphy, evolutionary novelty, a characteristic that is different from the form of an ancestor
Arts
- Novelty dance, a type of dance that is popular for being unusual or humorous
- Novelty song, a musical item that capitalizes on something new, unusual, or a current fad
- Novelty show, a competition or display in which exhibits or specimens are in way some novel
Commerce
- Novelty item, a small manufactured adornment, toy or collectable
- Promotional item, novelties used in promotional marketing
Philosophy
- Novelty theory, an eschatological theory promoted by Terence McKenna
Fashion
- Novelty architecture, a building or other structure that is interesting because it has an amusing design
- Novelty (chess), a chess term for a move in chess which has never been played before in a recorded game
Things
- Novelty (locomotive), one of the first steam locomotives which was due to compete at the Rainhill Trials of 1829
- Novelty (album) by Jawbox
Places
- Novelty, Missouri, a place in the United States
- Novelty, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the United States
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