Device
[dɪ'vaɪs]
Definition
(noun.) any clever maneuver; 'he would stoop to any device to win a point'; 'it was a great sales gimmick'; 'a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen'.
(noun.) an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; 'the device is small enough to wear on your wrist'; 'a device intended to conserve water'.
(noun.) an emblematic design (especially in heraldry); 'he was recognized by the device on his shield'.
(noun.) any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
(noun.) something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.
Edited by Charlene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
(n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
(n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
(n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
(n.) Anything fancifully conceived.
(n.) A spectacle or show.
(n.) Opinion; decision.
Checked by Erwin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Contrivance, scheme, design, plan, project, expedient, shift, resort, resource.[2]. Artifice, stratagem, wile, ruse, manœuvre, trick, fraud, evasion.[3]. Emblem, symbol, type, sign.
Edited by Ben
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Artifice, expedient, design, plan, stratagem, project, symbol, emblem, show,invention, contrivance, cognizance
ANT:Fair-dealing, openness, miscontrivance, abortion, fortune, luck, hazard, hit,incognito
Editor: Wilma
Definition
n. that which is devised or designed: contrivance: power of devising: genius: (her.) the emblem borne upon a shield: a picture of some kind with a motto illustrative of a man's life or character borne by an individual rather than by a family.—adj. Device′ful (Spens.) full of devices.
Typist: Mason
Examples
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This automatic electrocuting device attracted so much attention, and got half a column in an evening paper, that the manager made me stop it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So paradoxical and inoperative did this seem at first that it was met with incredulity, and not until repeated demonstrations established the fact was it accepted as an operative device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- By another ingenious device the cord was tied and cut, when the sewing was completed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A device for sealing together the inside part and bulb of an incandescent lamp mechanically. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A form of breech-loading cannon was introduced in the sixteenth century, but the advantageous use of this device is of late invention. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Without any mention of the various attempts to produce such a device, let us, as briefly as possible, describe the means used in most watches of American manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In addition, there was a special transmitting device in the shape of a musical reed, or buzzer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Although twenty-one years of age, and of full growth, the phonograph is ever a wonderfully new and impressive device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This device not only worked with great rapidity, but was extremely sensitive, and would respond to currents too weak to affect the most delicate electromagnetic relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is this same shock-absorbing device which is used to catch the recoil on the immense siege guns used in modern warfare. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was not long before there were three hundred subscribers; but the very success of this device brought competition and improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was a very ingenious device, and Hargreaves deserved the greatest credit for the skill with which he solved the problem. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It had grammatical forms and verbal devices of some complexity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The power and efficiency of a dynamo are increased by employing the devices previously mentioned in connection with the motor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There were other devices for diving or rising to the surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here is an attempt to fit political devices to the actual powers of the voter. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Tucking, ruffling, braiding, cording, hemming, turning, plaiting, gaging, and other attachment devices are numerous. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The first of these devices was a proper use of print. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As soon as he was settled at the Boston office he opened a small workshop, where he might try to complete some of the many devices he had in mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Ott, who has been Edison's designer of mechanical devices for over forty years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It contained innumerable devices that he had worked out during the years he had been experimenting at his factory. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As she turned the pages rich in dainty devices with very pardonable pride, her eye fell upon one verse that made her stop and think. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She dismissed the messenger to his own devices, and rode away to her old home. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A later development of these devices, by Verdin, known as the sphygmometrograph, is shown in Fig. 175. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the world around us we see makeshift devices at work in all those branches, ill co-ordinated one with another and unsatisfactory in themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A great variety of lamps was made of the platinum-iridium type, mostly with thermal devices to regulate the temperature of the burner and prevent its being melted by an excess of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Devices for extinguishing fire are almost coeval with that element itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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