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–noun

1.	a thing made for a particular purpose; an invention or contrivance, esp. a mechanical or electrical one.

2.	a plan or scheme for effecting a purpose.

3.	a crafty scheme; trick.

4.	a particular word pattern, figure of speech, combination of word sounds, etc., used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader: rhetorical devices.

5.	something elaborately or fancifully designed.

6.	a representation or design used as a heraldic charge or as an emblem, badge, trademark, or the like.

a motto.

8.	Archaic. devising; invention.

[Origin: 1375–1425; b. late ME devis division, discourse and devise heraldic device, will; both < AF, OF < L dīvīsa, fem. of dīvīsus; see division

]

—Related forms

de·vice·ful, adjective

de·vice·ful·ly, adverb

de·vice·ful·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. gadget. 2. project, design. 3. wile, ruse, artifice, stratagem, maneuver. 7. slogan, legend.

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de·vice Audio Help (dĭ-vīs') Pronunciation Key
n.

A contrivance or an invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
1. A technique or means.
2. A plan or scheme, especially a malign one.
A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.
A decorative design, figure, or pattern, as one used in embroidery. See Synonyms at figure.
A graphic symbol or motto, especially in heraldry.
Archaic The act, state, or power of devising.

[Middle English, from Old French devis, division, wish, and Old French devise, design, both from Latin dīvīsus, dīvīsa, past participle of dīvidere, to divide, separate; see divide.]

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device

c.1290, from O.Fr. devis "division, separation, disposition, wish, desire," from L. divisus, pp. of dividere "to divide" (see divide). Sense of "method by which something is divided" arose in Fr. and led to modern meaning.

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device
noun
1.	an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
2.	something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
3.	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"
4.	any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
5.	an emblematic design (especially in heraldry); "he was recognized by the device on his shield"

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device1 [diˈvais] noun

something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument
Example: a device for opening cans

Arabic:	جِهاز، أداه، آلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	装置，器件
Chinese (Traditional):	裝置，器件
Czech:	nástroj, přístroj
Danish:	mekanisme; apparat
Dutch:	apparaat
Estonian:	seadis
Finnish:	laite
French:	appareil
German:	das Gerät
Greek:	συσκευή
Hungarian:	eszköz
Icelandic:	tæki, útbúnaður
Indonesian:	alat
Italian:	congegno

Japanese:	考案物
Korean:	도구, 장치
Latvian:	ierīce
Lithuanian:	prietaisas
Norwegian:	apparat, innretning, anordning, hjelperåd
Polish:	przyrząd
Portuguese (Brazil):	instrumento
Portuguese (Portugal):	instrumento
Romanian:	aparat; mecanism; dispozitiv
Russian:	приспособление
Slovak:	nástroj
Slovenian:	naprava
Spanish:	aparato
Swedish:	anordning, apparat
Turkish:	alet, cihaz, araç

device2 [diˈvais] noun

a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery
Example: This is a device for avoiding income tax.

Arabic:	خِطَّه، حيلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	手段
Chinese (Traditional):	手段
Czech:	trik, plán
Danish:	plan; strategi
Dutch:	middel, truc
Estonian:	võte
Finnish:	keino
French:	truc
German:	der Kniff
Greek:	τέχνασμα
Hungarian:	megoldás
Icelandic:	aðferð; kænskubragð
Indonesian:	cara
Italian:	stratagemma

Japanese:	工夫
Korean:	계획, 책략, 방법
Latvian:	plāns; projekts; triks
Lithuanian:	būdas, priemonė
Norwegian:	påfunn, list
Polish:	sposób
Portuguese (Brazil):	expediente
Portuguese (Portugal):	processo
Romanian:	truc
Russian:	способ
Slovak:	trik
Slovenian:	sredstvo
Spanish:	mecanismo, truco, estratagema
Swedish:	påhitt, knep
Turkish:	düzen, hile

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device
peripheral

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Device

Con*triv"ance\, n. 1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. --Paley.

2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. --Burke.

Syn: Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device.

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