Anticipation
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Anticipation can refer to:
- Anticipation (album), a 1971 album by Carly Simon.
- Anticipation (artificial intelligence), the concept of an agent making decisions
- Anticipation (emotion), an emotion involving pleasure in considering some expected or longed-for good event, or irritation at having to wait.
- Anticipation (finance), where debts are paid off early.
- Anticipation (genetics), where the severity of a genetic disorder increases with each generation.
- Anticipation (music), a type of nonchord tone.
- Anticipation (video game), a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- In the U.S., when one prior art reference or event discloses all the features of a claim, see novelty (patent)