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)