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device

device (plural devices)

1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

   There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.

   • 1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic

     Every cycle shall be equipped with: ... (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell ...

2. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Jeremiah 51:11

     His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.

   • 1827 Hallam, Henry, The English Constitution, Harper

     Their recent device of demanding benevolences.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Job 5:12

     He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

3. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
4. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
   • 1736. OCallaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.

     The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.

5. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
6. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
   • 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:

     Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked ""Paid"" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. [...] To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.

7. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
8. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.
9. (obsolete) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
   • 1824. Landor, Walter Savage ""King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage"" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, page 44

     Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device, weighty, and exceeding costly

Definizione dizionario device

	apparecchio
	piece of equipment

	dispositivo
	Meccanismo costituito da vari elementi coordinati che svolge una determinata funzione.
	Any piece of equipment that can be attached physically or wirelessly to a network or computer, for example, printers, keyboards, external disk drives, or other peripheral equipment. Devices normally require a device driver to function with Windows.

accorgimento

aggeggio

congegno

elemento

espediente

meccanismo

ordigno

pennone

progetto

radio

stratagemma

sviluppare

Altri significati:

project or scheme

law: image used in whole or part as a trademark or service mark

(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device .

(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

raising (money)

(small) scale

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

(obsolete) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

(law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

heraldry: personal motto or emblem

rhetorical device

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

(obsolete) Opinion; decision.