Novelty (disambiguation)

Novelty is the characteristic of being new or heretofore unseen. It may also refer to:

• Novelty item, a small manufactured adornment, toy or collectible
  • Promotional item, novelties used in promotional marketing.
• Novelty (patent), part of the legal test to determine whether an invention is patentable
• Novelty as described by the theory of emergence, regarding how new complexity arises from more simple interactions.
• Novelty theory, an eschatological theory promoted by Terence McKenna
• Novelty (locomotive), one of the first steam locomotives which was due to compete at the Rainhill Trials of 1829
• 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
• Novelty architecture, a building or other structure that is interesting because it has an amusing design
• Novelty effect, the tendency for performance to initially improve when new technology is instituted
• Novelty (chess), a chess term for a move in chess which has never been played before in a recorded game
• Novelty (album) by Jawbox

Locations

• Novelty, Missouri, a place in the United States
• Novelty, Ohio, a populated place in Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio