noun | the act of tracing innovation back to its upstream origins in research | definite form, singular | [the prenovation] | radical transparency in the mapping of knowledge, people, and ideas — 
the invisible college made visible | verb | to prenovate [ˈpriːnəveɪt] : to surface hidden connections, to render research landscapes legible | antonym | invention (inventions are to prenovations what fruit is to root)